Caprimulgus pectoralis, Cuvier, 1816

How about a vertebrate?

Photographed in Chongwe, Lusaka, Zambia in December 2012, using Olympus E-420 DSLR and Zuiko 40-150mm lens.

This rather indignant looking bird, as you may have guessed from the rather spectacular case of red-eye, was photographed at night.

The Afrikaans name is Naguil - the brevity of which gives some indication of the ubiquitousness of this species in the southern plains and woodlands; most members of the family receive an extended version of the name for this one (literally night-owl). In Chewa, it is Lumbe - which, unlike naguil, is not species specific - a literal attempt to translate from the English name might be along the (very rough) lines of moto-kholingo lumbe. Possibly.

In English, it's a Fiery-Throated Nightjar; its Linnaean binomial, to cut through this near Babylonian tangle of languages, is

Caprimulgus pectoralis 

Cuvier, 1816

Nightjars, naguils or alumbe, or even Caprimulgids if you'd like to get technical about it, are essentially filter-feeders - their tiny beaks hide the fact that their actual mouths are enormous, and they essentially just fly at night-flying insects with their mouths gaping wide.

With that, then, into the taxonomy:

- Caprimulginae

- Caprimulgidae   

- Caprimulgiformes

- Neoaves                   

See also Tockus alboterminatus, Larus argentatus, Sterna hirundo, Burhinus vermiculatus, Troglodytes troglodytes, Megaceryle maxima, Ardea goliath, Chalcophaps indica and Stigmatopelia senegalensis.

- Neognathae                

- Neornithes                    

- Euornithes                      

- Aves                                   

- Maniraptora                      

- Coelurosauria                      

- Tetanurae                               

- Therapoda                                

- Saurischia                                   

- Dinosauria                                    

- Avemetatarsalia                             

- Archosauria                                     

- Archosauromorpha                          

- Sauria                                                  

See also Lygodactylus capensis, Thelotornis capensis, Zootoca vivipara, Trachylepis varia and Trachylepis wahlbergi.

- Diapsida                                                 

- Romeriida                                                

- Reptilia                                                      

- Amniota                                                       

See also Hipposideros vittatus and Syncerus caffer.

- Reptiliomorpha                                             

- Tetrapoda                                                        

See also Rana temporaria, Breviceps poweri and Chiromantis xerampelina.

- Sarcopterygii                                                    

- Osteichthyes                                                       

See also Synchiropus splendidus.

- Teleostomi                                                             

- Gnathostomata                                                       

- Vertebrata                                                                

- Craniata                                                                     

- Chordata                                                                      

- Deuterostomia                                                               

- Nephrozoa                                                                       

See also Idolomantis dentifrons, Sibylla pretiosa, Tettigonia viridissima, Stictogryllacris punctata, Enyaliopsis, Humbe tenuicornis, Lobosceliana loboscelis, Cyathosternum prehensile, Heteropternis thoracica, Pseudothericles jallae, Dichtha inflata, Oedemera nobilis, Otiorhynchus atroapterus,Malachius bipustulatus , Phyllobius pomaceus, Cheilomenes lunata, Melolontha melolontha, Neojulodis vittipennis, Demetrias atricapillus, Anthia fornasinii, Lophyra cf. differens, Synagris proserpina, Vespula germanica, Astata tropicalis, Anthophora furcata, Andrena nigroaenea, Zebronia phenice, Crambus pascuella, Nemophora degeerella, Sphinx ligustri, Laelia robusta, Acada biseriata, Metisella willemi, Anthocharis cardamines, Papilio demodocus, Panorpa germanica, Chloromyia formosa, Senaspis haemorrhoa, Helophilus pendulus, Episyrphus balteatus, Metadon inermis, Diasemopsis meigenii, Dolichotachina caudata, Megistocera filipes, Hagenomyia tristis, Pephricus, Grypocoris stysi, Ranatra, Anoplocnemis curvipes, Enallagma cyathigerum, Pseudagrion hageni, Lestinogomphus angustus, Rhyothemis semihyalina, Phrynarachne rugosa, Hyllus argyrotoxus, Enoplognatha ovata, Argiope bruennichi, Pardosa amentata, Alopecosa barbipes,  Dicranopalpus ramosus, Ligia oceanica and Burtoa nilotica.

- Bilateralia                                                                           

- Eumetazoa                                                                            

- Animalia                                                                                

- Eukaryota                                                                               

And that's all, folks! Happy Earth Hour!