Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) - HBW 5, p. 335
French: Engoulevent d’Amérique
German: Falkennachtschwalbe
Spanish: Añapero Yanqui
Other common names: Booming Nighthawk
Taxonomy: Caprimulgus minor J. R. Forster, 1771, no locality = South Carolina.
Formerly considered conspecific with C. gundlachii, but the two are sympatric in S Florida. Nine subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- minor (J. R. Forster, 1771) - most of C & S Canada S to N & NE USA.
- hesperis Grinnell, 1905 - SW Canada and W USA.
- sennetti Coues, 1888 - CS Canada and NC USA.
- minor (J. R. Forster, 1771) - most of C & S Canada S to N & NE USA.
- hesperis Grinnell, 1905 - SW Canada and W USA.
- sennetti Coues, 1888 - CS Canada and NC USA.
- howelli Oberholser, 1914 - WC & SC USA.
- henryi Cassin, 1855 - SW USA and CN Mexico.
- aserriensis Cherrie, 1896 - SC USA and extreme NE Mexico.
- chapmani Coues, 1888 - SE USA.
- neotropicalis Selander & Álvarez del Toro, 1955 - E & S Mexico, and possibly this race in Guatemala.
- panamensis Eisenmann, 1962 - Nicaragua S to Panama, and possibly also N to E Honduras and Belize.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird resting on a wire near midday Locality Grand Isle, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA (United States) (ssp sennetti)
Bill Wayman 30 June 2004 5 years ago 43 sec 4.9 -
A male pretending to be ill Locality Kirkfield, Ontario, Canada (ssp minor)
Luc Fazio 30 April 1993 5 years ago 23 sec 4.7 -
A female sitting on a post Locality Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida, USA (United States) (ssp minor)
Luc Fazio 30 June 2003 5 years ago 24 sec 4.5 -
A view of two eggs on the ground Locality Kirkfield, Ontario, Canada (ssp minor)
Luc Fazio 30 April 1993 5 years ago 5 sec 4.5 -
A male sitting on two eggs Locality Kirkfield, Ontario, Canada (ssp minor)
Luc Fazio 30 April 1993 5 years ago 13 sec 4 -
Several birds flying at dusk. Locality Penticton, British Columbia, Canada (ssp hesperis)
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2012 32 weeks ago 31 sec 3.6
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Male on fencepost, Konza Prairie Biological Station
Locality Konza Prairie Natural Area, Geary County, Kansas, USA (United States)
Dave Rintoul 28 June 2006 1 year ago 4.7 -
An adult resting on a railing.
Locality Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada
Emily Pipher 4 June 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
A bird perched on a wire fence.
Locality Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming, USA (United States)
Joe Tobias 12 August 2007 25 weeks ago 4 -
resting
Locality Cosigüina, Chinandega Department, Nicaragua
Orlando Jarquín G. 21 February 2012 1 year ago 4 -
Adult sitting on pole.
Locality Saskatchewan, Canada
Emily Pipher 6 July 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
An adult resting on a branch.
Locality Saskatchewan, Canada
Emily Pipher 12 June 2009 3 years ago 3.7
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Four birds calling while chasing each other around Locality Carden Alvar, Kirkfield, Ontario, Canada
Andrew_Davis 12 July 2009 3 years ago 3
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