Editing Nightjar (section)

==In history and popular culture==
* [[Nighthawk (disambiguation)|Nighthawk]] as a name has been applied to numerous places, characters, and objects throughout history.
* [[Nebraska]]'s [[List of U.S. state nicknames|state nickname]] was once the "Bugeater State" and [[List of demonyms for U.S. states and territories|its people were sometimes called]] "bugeaters" (presumably named after the [[common nighthawk]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ne_intro.htm|title=The State of Nebraska - An Introduction to the Cornhuskers State from NETSTATE.COM|website=www.netstate.com|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref><ref>Nancy Capace, Encyclopedia of Nebraska. Somerset Publishers, Inc., Jan 1, 1999, p2-3</ref><ref name="NebraskaBug">{{cite book |title=U. S. An Index to the United States of America: Historical, Geographical and Political. A Handbook of Reference Combining the "curious" in U. S. History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V5dPAAAAYAAJ |location=Boston, MA |publisher=D. Lothrop Company |page=77 |date=1890 }}</ref> The [[Nebraska Cornhuskers]] college athletic teams were also briefly known the Bugeaters, before adopting their current name, also adopted by the state as a whole. A [[Nebraska Bugeaters FC|semi-professional soccer team in Nebraska]] now uses the Bugeaters moniker.
* Nightjars feature prominently in the lyrics of the [[Elton John]]/[[Bernie Taupin]] song "[[Come Down in Time]]": "While a cluster of nightjars sang some songs out of tune".  [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], in an interview about this song and about Elton John, said, "It's a very beautiful song. ... I love Bernie's lyrics ... It is one of those songs you wish you had written...."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNEVfutuGbk Sting – Come Down In Time (New York – October 22 1991) – YouTube<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>