Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)
Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) - HBW 5, p. 343
French: Engoulevent de Nuttall
German: Winternachtschwalbe
Spanish: Chotacabras Pachacua
Other common names: Poorwill
Taxonomy: Caprimulgus Nuttallii Audubon, 1844, upper Missouri between Fort Pierre and mouth of the Cheyenne River, South Dakota.
Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nuttallii (Audubon, 1844) - SW Canada S through W USA to N Mexico.
- californicus Ridgway, 1887 - W California and NW Baja California.
- hueyi Dickey, 1928 - SE California, SW Arizona and N Baja California.
- nuttallii (Audubon, 1844) - SW Canada S through W USA to N Mexico.
- californicus Ridgway, 1887 - W California and NW Baja California.
- hueyi Dickey, 1928 - SE California, SW Arizona and N Baja California.
- dickeyi Grinnell, 1928 - S Baja California.
- adustus van Rossem, 1941 - extreme S Arizona S to C Sonora.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult male sitting on the shoulder of route 80 at night, en route to Douglas. Scanned from a slide.
Locality Arizona, USA (United States) (ssp adustus )
Pia Öberg 23 April 1998 23 weeks ago 3.3 -
A bird sitting on a ground
Locality Portal, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 4 May 2006 2 years ago 3 -
on road at night
Locality Jawbone Canyon, Kern County, California, USA (United States)
Michael Retter 1 October 2006 2 years ago 2.5
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