English: European Nightjar, Eurasian Nightjar, Nightjar
Russian: Обыкновенный козодой
Mongolian: Өрнийн эргүүбор, Эргүү бор
German: Ziegenmelker
French: Engoulevent d’Europe
Japanese: ヨーロッパヨタカ (Yoroppa-yotaka)

Body length: 24-28 cm
Wing span: 52-59 cm

Breeding visitor
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 2
Egg colour: Slightly glossy white with dark brownish spots and blotches.
Brood: 1 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern

Food: Insects in flight such as moths, mosquitoes, and others.

Habitat: Nests on the ground with gravel, soft and branches, and dried leaves, in mountain forests, forest steppe, rockets on the edges of river valleys, desert steppe, mountain slopes with tall bushes, and open river valleys close to forest and mountain valleys with dry sandy soil and bushes. The nest is a shallow scrape and usually located near to piece of dead wood.