Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor - Engoulevent d'Amérique

Systematics

Order
:
Caprimulgiformes
Family
:
Caprimulgidés
Genus
:
Chordeiles
Species
:
minor

Descriptor

Forster, JR, 1771

Biometrics

Size
: 25 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) is a species of bird in the Caprimulgidae family.

Subspecific information 9 subspecies

Chordeiles minor minor (c and s Canada, c and e USA)
Chordeiles minor hesperis (sw Canada, w USA)
Chordeiles minor sennetti (sc Canada, c and nc USA)
Chordeiles minor howelli (wc USA)
Chordeiles minor henryi (sw USA, nc Mexico)
Chordeiles minor aserriensis (se Texas. sc USA. , ne Mexico)
Chordeiles minor chapmani (se USA)
Chordeiles minor neotropicalis (e and s Mexico)
Chordeiles minor panamensis (Belize and Honduras to Panama)

Foreign names

Engoulevent d'Amérique,
Añapero yanqui,
bacurau-norte-americano,
Falkennachtschwalbe,
estifecske,
Amerikaanse Nachtzwaluw,
Succiacapre sparviere,
större falknattskärra,
Nordnatthauk,
súmračník krahulčí,
lelek sokolí,
Nathøg,
isohaukkakehrääjä,
enganyapastors americà,
Húmfari,
lelczyk mały,
Amerikas lēlis,
severnoameriški legen,
Виргинский сумеречный козодой,
アメリカヨタカ,
美洲夜鹰,
美洲夜鷹,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Marine Intertidal : Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Sand Dunes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Urban Areas