The Indian Nightjar is a night bird with a complex mottled pattern.
A white moustache-like stripe and golden-brown collar stand out. Males show white patches near the wingtips and tail tips in flight.
At night, it catches flying insects over scrub, woodland, and farmland.
At Morgaon in Maharashtra’s Gondia district, two active nests with eggs were found in a lakeside plantation during 2018–2019. Two creamy-pink eggs marbled with brown and grey were described in shallow ground hollows.
At Morgaon the downy chicks received regurgitated food from both parents, which also brooded them.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.