A nightjar in deep-leaved shadow called three long notes, and hushed.

一只欧夜鹰在密密的树叶间发出三声长啼，旋即静默无声。

Anurognathus's mouth, they found, was similar to the mouths of nightjars, which also sally after prey.

他们发现，蛙嘴龙的嘴与夜鹰相似，后者也是突袭猎物的。

It's actually part of the nightjar family.

它实际上是夜鹰家族的一部分。

And Scientists have found the European nightjars, migratory birds, that travel between Europe and Africa, feed twice as much than moon-lit night.

科学家发现，欧夜鹰这类在欧洲和非洲之间迁徙的候鸟平时的食量是月夜的两倍。

Freighter crews have long told stories of sparrows and nightjars, owls, and herons settling on their boats' decks, some for minutes, others for days.

长期以来，货船船员们一直在讲述麻雀、夜鹰、猫头鹰和苍鹭在他们船上的甲板上逗留的故事，有些鸟待几分钟，有些则几天。

Thus he proceeded, like Aeneas with his father; the bats circling round his head, nightjars flapping their wings within a yard of his face, and not a human being within call.

这一路走来，他就像埃涅阿斯背着他父亲踽踽前行；蝙蝠在他头顶盘旋，欧夜莺在他面前一码的地方外打着翅膀，但周围没有一个能求得帮助的人影。