Sand-colored Nighthawk (Chordeiles rupestris)

Other Names (World)
Sand-colored Nighthawk, Sand-coloured Nighthawk, White-throated Nightjar(!)

Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Spix, 1825)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland, heavily degraded former forest. From sea-level - 700 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Sand-colored Nighthawk (Chordeiles rupestris) [XC257044]
by Daniel F. Lane from Loreto\/Ucayali: R\u00edo Ucayali, ca. 60 km N of Pucallpa, Peru (song)

Sand-colored Nighthawk (Chordeiles rupestris) [XC257768]
by Guy Kirwan from Orellana: 'Yuturi Lodge', s-bank R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (call)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

xyostictus Oberholser, 1914 - Central Colombia.
rupestris (Spix, 1825) - North-eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru, south-eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela east through northern and central Brazil and south to central Bolivia.

References
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Files:

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