Least Nighthawk (Chordeiles pusillus)

Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Size
15 - 16 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1861

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland seasonally wet / flooded grassland. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)

Least Nighthawk (Chordeiles pusillus) [XC404325]
by Caio Brito from Santa Rita do Novo Destino, Goi\u00e1s, Ch\u00e1cara Jayrson, Brazil (song)

Least Nighthawk (Chordeiles pusillus) [XC706520]
by Mauricio Cu\u00e9llar Ram\u00edrez from Ciudad P\u00e9rdida\/ Puerto Santander, Amazonas, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
Sympatric with Bahian Nighthawk (Nyctiprogne vielliardi) in north-eastern Brazil.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

septentrionalis (Hellmayr, 1908) - Eastern Colombia east to western Surinam and possibly western Brazil.
esmeraldae Zimmer, JT & Phelps, 1947 - South-eastern Colombia, southern Venezuela and extreme north-western Brazil.
xerophilus Dickerman, 1988 - Extreme north-eastern Brazil (Paraiba, Pernambuco).
novaesi Dickerman, 1988 - North-eastern Brazil (Maranh�o, Piauí).
pusillus Gould, 1861 - Eastern Brazil (Tocantins, Bahia, Goiás).
saturatus Pinto & Camargo, 1957 - West-central Brazil and extreme eastern Bolivia.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Least Nighthawk (Chordeiles pusillus) - 10 files

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