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Phalaenoptilus nuttallii (common poorwill)

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Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii). Caprimulgiformes have a pectinate, or comb-like, middle nail. This is used to groom the feathers. The only other group to have these is the herons, Ardeidae.

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University of Michigan Museum of Zoology National Science Foundation Citation: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed November 26, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.org.
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