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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Least Nighthawk* |
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Chordeiles pusillus |
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Description (10)
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Least Nighthawk
© flickriver.com
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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.
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
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
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