Great Eared Nightjar: The Dragon Bird

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  • Опубліковано 25 гру 2024

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  • @DanGamingFan2406
    @DanGamingFan2406 Рік тому +271

    These birds are adorable. The great earred nightjar is my favorite too. The ear flaps and the wide mouth, we all know who that looks like.

    • @RosheenQuynh
      @RosheenQuynh Рік тому +3

      Who...?

    • @UrbanOutlawsSk8Co
      @UrbanOutlawsSk8Co Рік тому +23

      Toothless

    • @FeuillageFlor-faune
      @FeuillageFlor-faune Рік тому +11

      My favorite is the pennant winged nightjar, it's single huge feather in its wing is so majestic!

    • @AifDaimon
      @AifDaimon Рік тому +7

      ​@@RosheenQuynhToothless from the How to Train Your Dragon franchise

    • @jamiejones3309
      @jamiejones3309 Рік тому +2

      Like a flying Staffie!

  • @rainbowcat7806
    @rainbowcat7806 Рік тому +981

    Now I’m wondering if a nightjar has ever accidentally landed on another, camouflaged nightjar…

    • @kray3883
      @kray3883 Рік тому +34

      I think it was a cut scene from Laurel and Hardy...or maybe The Three Stooges.

    • @pinchebruha405
      @pinchebruha405 Рік тому +29

      Only on ‘Hump Day’ when it is officially ordained by the lord of the forests! 😂😂😂

    • @G8oo8N8
      @G8oo8N8 Рік тому +4

      Lmfao😂

    • @astuteanansi4935
      @astuteanansi4935 Рік тому +28

      Making it a Jarjar

    • @Babesinthewood97
      @Babesinthewood97 Рік тому +14

      That’s how babies are made

  • @bumpedhishead636
    @bumpedhishead636 Рік тому +101

    Great Eared Nightjar: "I'm Batman."

    • @luistheoctoling2195
      @luistheoctoling2195 7 місяців тому

      Female Nightjar: For all I know, you could be Batman!

    • @rvd64
      @rvd64 Місяць тому +1

      Batmam,”I’m nightjar!”

  • @rhondahuggins9542
    @rhondahuggins9542 Рік тому +36

    I am a native of The Arkansas Ozarks. It's a sure sign that warm weather is coming when we can hear The Whip-O-Will. Their call takes me home.❤

  • @junglechick13
    @junglechick13 Рік тому +72

    The nightjars here in Costa Rica have a lovely distint call. You hear them most in dry season when they seem to be more active. Love hearing them!

  • @Sunflowersarepretty
    @Sunflowersarepretty Рік тому +245

    I loved hearing their sounds. ❤ they are so adorable.

  • @bestpriest2224
    @bestpriest2224 Рік тому +278

    Woah they look terrifying.
    Terrifyingly cute.

    • @moyadkwt8178
      @moyadkwt8178 3 місяці тому

      😂❤

    • @moyadkwt8178
      @moyadkwt8178 3 місяці тому

      لقد وجدت واحدا الان في البيت

  • @yuukisama2001
    @yuukisama2001 Рік тому +366

    I guess it proves all the more that dinos and birds have a connection. I've never heard of the Nightjar. But just from that shot they looked like little dragons. Now we're gonna look at them in a whole new light. I mean look at the feather layout. It looks like dragon scales.

    • @YuubiTimberwolf
      @YuubiTimberwolf Рік тому +22

      Nightjars look so close to Anurognathus, a jurassic pterasaur!
      So they are close to dinosaurs!

    • @yuukisama2001
      @yuukisama2001 Рік тому +5

      @@YuubiTimberwolf Wow! That is amazing.

    • @Hi_Im_Akward
      @Hi_Im_Akward Рік тому

      Birds ARE dinosaurs. The non avian dinosaurs went extinct, the birds are the last surviving lineage of dinosaurs.

    • @ominous-omnipresent-they
      @ominous-omnipresent-they Рік тому +27

      Birds are dinosaurs.

    • @ominous-omnipresent-they
      @ominous-omnipresent-they Рік тому +21

      ​@@YuubiTimberwolf Pterosaurs aren't dinosaurs, but birds are.

  • @FKyoutubeSERIOUSLY
    @FKyoutubeSERIOUSLY Рік тому +32

    Love a bird that's able to look distinguished while whistling a sweet tune.

  • @natashadawe6051
    @natashadawe6051 Рік тому +20

    MY FAVOURITE BIRD (nightjars,nighthawks,potoos,frogmouths,oilbirds,swallows,swifts,martins and some others

  • @LifeSGambit
    @LifeSGambit Рік тому +25

    Nightjars are really remarkable and beautiful to see. Its always a joy to see them in our forests in singapore. They way they fly like butterflies and falling leaves, its real relaxing and a joy
    to watch

  • @wxlurker
    @wxlurker Рік тому +73

    When they open their mouths so widely in the thumbnail it reminds me of the potoo. Thank you for always introducing me to animals I would not have otherwise known about!

    • @rhyothemisprinceps1617
      @rhyothemisprinceps1617 Рік тому +8

      Me too, so I looked it up - nightjars and potoos are related. *Update/Correction:* As pointed out in the video, their classification was split in 2021. However, the nightjars and potoos are still in the same clade - Strisores. Wikipedia has more info on this. {I posted before watching the video since I like to save animal videos for after-dinner tv watching with family.}

    • @draconinja2728
      @draconinja2728 Рік тому +3

      ​@@rhyothemisprinceps1617 so they are from the same family of Muppet birds, nice.

    • @rhyothemisprinceps1617
      @rhyothemisprinceps1617 Рік тому

      Sorry, I posted in error (corrected above). However, they are in the same clade (Strisores). @@draconinja2728

  • @matthuck378
    @matthuck378 Рік тому +10

    A silent forest is so much creepier than a 'loud' one.

  • @MLHunt
    @MLHunt Рік тому +9

    Whip-poor-wills were common where I grew up. I miss hearing them in summer evenings.

  • @amnesiagreens
    @amnesiagreens Рік тому +64

    Love these birds! Very talented! Great video!! ✨

  • @yayrayday
    @yayrayday Рік тому +21

    Nightjars/nighthawks are so darn cute and weird, I love them! I thought they were all the same group as the potoos and frogmouths but today I learned!!
    Also if I had to suggest a bird, it would be the MAGPIE!! They're such beautiful intelligent birds, and underappreciated since crows and ravens get so much attention for their smarts.

  • @Timmycoo
    @Timmycoo Рік тому +9

    You have to love how the human mind links perceived perception to imagination when naming animals. "They must've been going after the utters!" lol.
    This are definitely up there in some of my favorite birds. They are adorable.

  • @tonydeluna8095
    @tonydeluna8095 Рік тому +28

    Great video as always, truly, what a beautiful animal. And their whistles are so cute. Love the bloopers !

  • @empressmarowynn
    @empressmarowynn Рік тому +2

    That great eared nightjar in the tree with its adorable little call is one of the cutest things I've ever seen. I've never heard of these before and now I want to see one in person for cuteness overload.

  • @nicholethechronichousewife480
    @nicholethechronichousewife480 Рік тому +17

    I loved that ending! You are just as adorable as all these sweet birdies!

  • @MeAuntieNora
    @MeAuntieNora Рік тому +55

    Fus Ro DANG that's one cute bird.

  • @weirdredpanda
    @weirdredpanda Рік тому +7

    My favorite is the whippoorwill, because I hear them a lot where I live, although I've never seen one, except in pictures. I didn't even remember what they looked like or that they are in the nightjar family until this video.
    It's interesting that the video showed killdeer, because we have them all over the place here. You'll see them all the time around parking lots and in farmland. A video about them would be cool. I've seen the whole "broken wing" act they do. That's when you know that there is a nest or baby nearby. Their babies are so cute. They look like miniature fuzzy versions of the adults.

  • @TheRubywolf01
    @TheRubywolf01 Рік тому +6

    🎉 I’ve been waiting so long for this one thank you so much

  • @markpimlott2879
    @markpimlott2879 Рік тому +16

    'Very interesting and very well presented Irnia!
    As a naturalist from North America, I'm only really familiar with Nighthawks and the Eastern Whip-poor-will!
    I didn't realize that the Nightjars were so diverse and were so cosmopolitan in their distribution!
    🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦

  • @bjrn-einarnilsen687
    @bjrn-einarnilsen687 Рік тому +3

    Do really love the nightjars. I am a Norwegian living in Brazil, and here we have a lot of them. My favorite is the Macropsalis forcipata, Long-trained Nightjar.

  • @JohnDoeTheTroll
    @JohnDoeTheTroll Рік тому +2

    I love the bloopers at the end of the video. It shows you're just normal people like we are! ❤

  • @akhilvinayakmenon
    @akhilvinayakmenon Рік тому +9

    have been lucky to witness and photograph many of these species including the great eared nightjar! truly amazing birds and great job animalogic for bringing more awareness to these beautiful birds

  • @kevieboy420
    @kevieboy420 Рік тому +3

    My favorite is the whipper will I love listening to it to fall asleep out camping

  • @daphneefournier7671
    @daphneefournier7671 6 місяців тому

    Whip-poor-will still my favorite because his sound reminds me last days at school and vacations when I was young. I'm so happy to discover so many other speacies around the world.

  • @markoposavec9240
    @markoposavec9240 Рік тому +5

    Funny, I love the sound the eurasian nightjar makes. It is weird, it sounds like a really loud bug. But still that sound puts me to sleep.

  • @bowen13
    @bowen13 Рік тому +4

    I didn't know nightjars were split from frogmouths! Gonna have to go watch the frogmouth episode!

  • @oliviaswarden6077
    @oliviaswarden6077 5 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful birds I have never seen them. Ty for doing an episode on them! Learning something new today!

  • @Origamigryphon
    @Origamigryphon Рік тому +1

    The Chuck-Will's-Widow's call (at 8:14) instantly took me back to summer nights back home in Georgia.

  • @Ihwaz13
    @Ihwaz13 Рік тому +3

    I think eurasian nightjars sound adorable. I once went on a university excursion, where we slept in tents and got to listen to the nightjars singing every night.

  • @AshenThorne
    @AshenThorne Рік тому +3

    This is one of my friends' favorite birds! It's nice to see this channel covering them 😄

  • @chairshoe81
    @chairshoe81 Рік тому +2

    one thing they didnt talk about: nighthawks do this mating dive that makes the air move through their feathers in a way that makes them vibrate, creating this crazy growling kind of sound. if youve ever gone camping and were terrified all night because you kept hearing something like a bear growl, this is what you were hearing.

  • @carlunderwood790
    @carlunderwood790 Рік тому +2

    My favorite would be the common nighthawk. I fell in love with their calls along before I knew what they were.

  • @Pygmygerbil88
    @Pygmygerbil88 Рік тому +3

    99%mouth
    1%eye
    10000%cuteness

  • @terryhere3889
    @terryhere3889 5 місяців тому

    European Nightjar is my favourite as I was so lucky to experience an encounter with a breading pair feeding and hearing their amazing calls for two nights in a row while camping in The New Forest (uk)

  • @satyadebchand8627
    @satyadebchand8627 6 місяців тому +1

    Yup, that's Toothless

  • @entguarde
    @entguarde Рік тому +3

    Lovely birds! Here in New Jersey, I don’t see nightjars often (mostly because it’s so dang dark at night, thanks woods), but the other week while out on a walk, I got to see one of the last few straggler common nighthawks! My mom thinks they look creepy, but they’re hella cute to me

  • @nativeatlantic
    @nativeatlantic Рік тому

    Great Video! I'm a Wildlife Photographer and Naturalist Educator in the DMV area Mid-Atlantic, USA. Videos like this make tracking species in the field so much easier, and more fun!! Me and my Students love you guys, Keep up the Great Work!!

  • @greninjaguy5264
    @greninjaguy5264 Рік тому +7

    Great eared nightjars are one of my favorite species of birds, right up there with secretary birds, penguins, and Victoria crowned pigeons (which I hope you guys do a video on sometime in the future).

  • @kesler4982
    @kesler4982 Рік тому +1

    those bloopers were so cute.

  • @blessedbeauty2293
    @blessedbeauty2293 Рік тому +6

    - Super cool bird !! I just love your videos !! Thanks guys ❤

  • @-longboardswordstyle701
    @-longboardswordstyle701 Рік тому

    4:56 okay so thats the cutest bird ive ever seen in my life

  • @Grayeeeeeeee
    @Grayeeeeeeee Рік тому

    The way the the narrator talks is calm and expressive at the same time it's cool

  • @Brownyman
    @Brownyman Рік тому +6

    There have been recently paleontological discoveries of an early bird but not with feather wings but bat like membrane wings called "Yi qi".
    Could make a great Paleologic!

  • @CLAYMOR916
    @CLAYMOR916 Рік тому

    She’s so beautiful. I love her smile.

  • @monicayoknis8670
    @monicayoknis8670 Рік тому +2

    We have common nighthawk around here, they are one of my favorite birds to see coming back in spring

  • @jamescanjuggle
    @jamescanjuggle Рік тому +1

    5:10
    Looks like a snake almost! Really cool displays

  • @takenname8053
    @takenname8053 Рік тому +2

    Big mouths always evolve in interesting ways

  • @theoriginalchefboyoboy6025
    @theoriginalchefboyoboy6025 Рік тому +1

    the coloring and patterns on these birds is spectacular...

  • @lazyraven8579
    @lazyraven8579 Рік тому +1

    The vikings are searching for this little dude

  • @deborahdanhauer8525
    @deborahdanhauer8525 Рік тому +1

    I grew up with the sound of the whippoorwill… I love that sound❤️🐝🤗

  • @kimspurre1242
    @kimspurre1242 Рік тому +1

    That great eared nightjar looks like a bird with a cats head to me😃 I also love the sounds that they make. I don’t think there are any species near me in Southern California but if there were I could fall asleep to their sounds no problem. And they’re all so cute!

  • @SustainableDreams
    @SustainableDreams 10 місяців тому

    SO cool! Thanks! Plus, we really enjoyed your facial expressions! Adds such oomph and excitement!!! ❤

  • @mr.hellofan374
    @mr.hellofan374 Рік тому +1

    This Bird is literally “ :O “

  • @Oiyuki
    @Oiyuki Рік тому

    The great earred nightar is so cute! His little call like “toot! woo hoo” which for some reason it is extremely cute to me

  • @Hatzmaeba
    @Hatzmaeba Місяць тому

    The ghastly sound is on point, considering it's role in Finnish folklore. Many birds were considered to be spirit birds, and Nightjar was said to be a soul of a young woman, who was obsessed with spinning textiles like yarn - hence the finnish name of the bird "kehrääjä", spinner.

  • @cosmoredeathwish2319
    @cosmoredeathwish2319 Рік тому +1

    Honestly, this reminds me of the Dragonfolly, a boss from the Calamity mod who is an Offshoot of dragonkind

  • @fishdude666ify
    @fishdude666ify Рік тому

    They look like miniature potoo. Weirdly cute. OMG THOSE CHICKS ARE ADORABLE!!!

  • @SydneyLarrikin-ci2vz
    @SydneyLarrikin-ci2vz 9 місяців тому +1

    I saw one of these 8 feet away while in Costa Rica last month

  • @medenadrakorus9542
    @medenadrakorus9542 Рік тому +1

    Ah I love these guys! I love using them as feather spec for troodontids. It just feels like they have the same vibes.

  • @GxAxMxExOxVx3xR
    @GxAxMxExOxVx3xR Рік тому +2

    This was very good to watch. Enjoyed

  • @EventHorizonPrdctns
    @EventHorizonPrdctns Рік тому

    So glad animal logic has a special segment dedicated to birds, since birds aren't animals!

  • @crazioma6648
    @crazioma6648 Рік тому +1

    The common Poor-Will is my favorite I guess because they live in the edges of mixed forest/meadow near my home. My dad called them night hawks and for years I thought they were actually a tiny raptor...

  • @riverbender9898
    @riverbender9898 Рік тому +1

    They are a fascinating family indeed! Thank you.

  • @chargingstar9119
    @chargingstar9119 Рік тому

    I was here for dragons and birds and..... she has a beautiful smile

  • @evgeniydragondog
    @evgeniydragondog Рік тому +1

    0:17 Perfect!

  • @karhlhenselien2260
    @karhlhenselien2260 Рік тому

    Our Australian tawny frogmouth has an awesome blood curdling scream that usually happens at just on dark.I love em

  • @martachtman1285
    @martachtman1285 Рік тому +1

    Your channel is great. I`m a nightjar fan anyway, so this is my favourite video of yours I´ve seen so far. Irania Eyer is very competent & charming.

  • @melodyparra2960
    @melodyparra2960 Рік тому +1

    They look like they can breathe fire like an actual dragon, while sucking your soul out and possibly screaming so loud that it renders you unconscious

  • @minionytcodm839
    @minionytcodm839 Рік тому +2

    At Malaysia we see this bird in midnight with the red eyes 😮

  • @Semirotta
    @Semirotta Рік тому +1

    Animalogic, one of my favorite channels out here. Can't go wrong when clicking to this channel :)

  • @alanhelton
    @alanhelton Рік тому

    I love nightfalls. The sound they make in a dive is simply pure… amazing

  • @jeremycompton9322
    @jeremycompton9322 7 місяців тому

    That was a great video! Thank you for the work it took to produce this❤ I will keep my eyes out for them.

  • @corndogrequiem1728
    @corndogrequiem1728 Рік тому

    Whipperwills are the most relaxing sound to fall asleep to!

  • @kaih1758
    @kaih1758 Рік тому +3

    I like the one that looks like a dragon.

  • @pixelspeaksphotography1761
    @pixelspeaksphotography1761 4 місяці тому

    Lovely. The avian world is beautiful. And nice creation as well.

  • @galaxydmello2570
    @galaxydmello2570 Рік тому

    Girl, i just love your expressions.

  • @Reyma777
    @Reyma777 Рік тому +4

    It’s surprising that Nightjars, Owlet-Night Jars, Frogmouths and oilbirds all belong to separate, but related orders. The previously mentioned birds are all fairly similar looking.

  • @overstargaming9257
    @overstargaming9257 Рік тому +1

    This is so awesome! I saw this bird while I was out fishing last night, I was catching crawdads and I saw on of these fellas on the dirt but I only saw it’s eye, I thought it was a snake or something so I go to it and it’s this bird, I got about 5 feet away from it before it decided to fly off but I’m surprised it let me get that close!

  • @CheapoK17
    @CheapoK17 Рік тому +1

    The inclusion of the sounds they make was really cool

  • @StevenAndTraceyJiles
    @StevenAndTraceyJiles Рік тому

    These are so abundant in the Phoenix AZ area, and they give off this weird sonar like eco location sounds at night to locate insects. They swarm around street lamps. They are also preyed upon by owls.

  • @StellarLimpkin
    @StellarLimpkin Рік тому

    I could fall asleep easier listening to great horned owls and whip-or-wills

  • @Just_a_Goth
    @Just_a_Goth Рік тому

    I love the uniqueness of the Nighyjars and Potoos/Frogmouths.

  • @DShawnPaytonOffiicial
    @DShawnPaytonOffiicial Рік тому

    Today I found out that a Killdeer is a bird and not just the name of a song that I have loved for over a decade.

  • @OgrabliatorKorovanov
    @OgrabliatorKorovanov 11 місяців тому +1

    wazup my nightjars!

  • @bellatiger2329
    @bellatiger2329 Рік тому +1

    Love your videos!🤩 Please do a video about the bird-family of Swifts!
    They spend years in the air without touching the ground at all during this time!!! 🤯

  • @derekvillorente4334
    @derekvillorente4334 3 місяці тому +1

    The game of thrones bird.

  • @darrelbrooks4687
    @darrelbrooks4687 Рік тому +1

    When I was a kid in TEXAS we called them Bull Bats.
    They made a big broooumm sound almost like a bull frog.

  • @ComboSmooth
    @ComboSmooth Рік тому

    I find it funny how people act like there is only fight or flight, when deer in headlights is such a common saying and reaction that even birds are doing it.

  • @alphakowaclips
    @alphakowaclips Рік тому +1

    Not the earrings!! 😂 *earrings were hurt during the making of this video*

  • @chevychevelle8685
    @chevychevelle8685 Рік тому

    These are remarkable birds quite phenomenal creatures oh and by the way she actually pretty cute ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @McPilch
    @McPilch Рік тому

    I dunno, something about these birds has made them my favourites!! (Well, after Harpy Eagles, of course!) And I agree, the Graveyard Nightjar is top of the list!

  • @bornwild3955
    @bornwild3955 Рік тому +1

    Wow beautiful transformation
    from main carácter expressions to the introduction of a new host .,The mannerisms 100%
    Great acting!!

  • @Lord.Kiltridge
    @Lord.Kiltridge Рік тому

    I grew up spending my summers in the Muskoka area of Ontario Canada through the 1970's. We could hear Eastern whip-poor-wills pretty much every night, but I had never knowingly seen one.

  • @readysoldier6799
    @readysoldier6799 Рік тому

    Absolutely gorgeous creature. and the bird is cute too

  • @SilverDemon456
    @SilverDemon456 Рік тому +1

    I first heard of nightjars from the song Nightjar by Sleepthief. That song makes them seem so magical and mysterious.