Hi Clive,

I am not a nightjar's expert but looks to me like a male Plain
Nightjar (brown variant);it certainly lacks the white throat marking
typical of most nightjars (inclusive of the Nubian) with a buff broken
moustache (may be due to ruffled feathers) that matches the breast and
wing spots (I wish you had a ringer's grip photo to show the dorsal
part of the wing) as the pale parts of the species (when perched). It
is a male bird because of the white outer tail edges and white spots
in the primaries.

Martin
On 2/9/11, Clive Mann <clivefmann@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's a nightjar, not an owl. Experts - which species?
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> Clive
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> On 9 February 2011 16:00, Victor <victor@ikawa.info> wrote:
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>> FYI
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>> -------- Original Message --------
>>  Subject: Emailing: DSC_4421, DSC_4419, DSC_4418, DSC_4417, DSC_4416
>> Date:
>> Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:26:47 +0300  From: Victor
>> <victor@ikawa.info><victor@ikawa.info>  To:
>> Shailesh Kumar Patel <honeyguide_sk@yahoo.com> <honeyguide_sk@yahoo.com>
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>> Hallo there,
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>> These are the Photos and thanks for helping on the ID.
>> I released the bird last evening and it flew off quite happily.
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>> My regards
>> Ikawa
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> Dr C F Mann
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