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 LC    Least Nighthawk* Id (Atlas):
    Chordeiles pusillus

Description (10)
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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.

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) [XC723064]
     by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Exaltacion, Yacuma, Departamento del Beni, Bolivia (song)

 
Least Nighthawk (Chordeiles pusillus) [XC288396]
     by Jerome Fischer from Cristalina, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (alarm call)

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 (Maranhío, Piauí).
  • pusillus Gould, 1861   -  Eastern Brazil (Tocantins, Bahia, Goiás).
  • saturatus Pinto & Camargo, 1957   -  West-central Brazil and extreme eastern Bolivia.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Least Nighthawk (Chordeiles pusillus) - 10 files


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