European Nightjar; Chotacabras gris

Crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar family.

Summer migrant to Europe, taking advantage of an abundance of moths, the nightjars spend the day motionless and emerge at dusk to feed. These remarkably agile, light-weight fliers have large wings and tail. Their strange songs help to identify them. Nightjars occupy open heathland or lightly wooded places with wide clearings, often flying around bush tops and trees to catch moths in flight.
They may approach people at dusk, as if curious about intruders in their territory.