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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Antillean Nighthawk* |
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Chordeiles gundlachii |
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Description (10)
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Antillean Nighthawk
© flickr.com
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Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)
Size
20 - 21 cm
First Described (Guide)
Lawrence, 1856
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, lowland seasonally wet / flooded grassland, heavily degraded former forest. From sea-level - 600 m.
Aruba, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (B), Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Virgin Islands (British) (B), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B).
Vagrant to Barbados, St Kitts And Nevis.
Population
Estimated population is 200,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)...)
Antillean Nighthawk (Chordeiles gundlachii) [XC331765]
by id from Maiden Hair Coppice, North Andros, Bahamas (song, boom)
Antillean Nighthawk (Chordeiles gundlachii) [XC331764]
by Andrew Spencer from Maiden Hair Coppice, North Andros, Bahamas (distraction display)
Subspecies
Formerly considered conspecific with Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), but the two are sympatric in southern Florida.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
- vicinus Lawrence, 1856 - Southern Florida and Bahamas.
- gundlachii Lawrence, 1856 - Cuba and I of Pines; Cayman Is, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and Virgin Is.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Antillean Nighthawk see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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