Identification: Male: Largest and most frequently encountered nightjar. Pale crown with dark median stripe, prominent row of black scapulars with broad buff/whitish-buff outer fringes. Large area of white/buffish-white on lower throat. Brownish tail with uneven dark bars. Often showing rufescent tinge to nape. Prominent whitish to buff bars across wing coverts. In flight, large white patches on primaries and distal part of outer tail feathers.Female: Paler and greyer on upperparts and breast. Smaller buff coloured wing patches. Duller buffish/whitish buff tail patches.