Abstract
We present a genome assembly from an individual female Caprimulgus europaeus (the European nightjar; Chordata; Aves; Caprimulgiformes; Caprimulgidae). The genome sequence is 1,178 megabases in span. The majority of the assembly (99.33%) is scaffolded into 37 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W and Z sex chromosomes.
Highlights
The European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus; known as the Eurasian nightjar and common goatsucker) is an insectivorous, crepuscular, ground-nesting bird distributed throughout the Western Palearctic (Hagemeijer & Blair, 1997)
Little is known about the ecology of the European nightjar (Cramp & Brooks, 1985; Polakowski et al, 2020), and in general that of the Caprimulgidae family
The European nightjar has been found to be more resistant to pathogens than other bird species (Jiang et al, 2021)
Summary
The genome sequence of the European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus (Linnaeus, 1758) [version 1; peer review: 1 approved].
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