Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)
Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis) - HBW 5, p. 334
French: Engoulevent minime
German: Texasnachtschwalbe
Spanish: Añapero Garrapena
Other common names: Trilling Nighthawk
Taxonomy: Caprimulgus acutipennis Hermann, 1783, Cayenne.
Birds of Baja California formerly separated in race inferior. Seven subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- texensis Lawrence, 1856 - SW USA S to C Mexico.
- micromeris Oberholser, 1914 - N Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico.
- littoralis Brodkorb, 1940 - S Mexico S through Central America to Costa Rica and possibly Panama.
- texensis Lawrence, 1856 - SW USA S to C Mexico.
- micromeris Oberholser, 1914 - N Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico.
- littoralis Brodkorb, 1940 - S Mexico S through Central America to Costa Rica and possibly Panama.
- acutipennis (Hermann, 1783) - Colombia E through Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago and the Guianas and S through Brazil (absent from many parts of Amazonia) to N Bolivia and probably Paraguay.
- crissalis A. H. Miller, 1959 - SW Colombia.
- aequatorialis Chapman, 1923 - W Colombia, W Ecuador and possibly NW Peru.
- exilis (Lesson, 1839) - W Peru and rarely extreme N Chile.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A lateral and frontal view of an adult resting on dead tree debris in a dry river bed. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp texensis)
Don DesJardin 24 May 2009 2 years ago 41 sec 4.3 -
Several progressive lateral views of an adult resting on a piece of flood debris in a dry river bed. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp texensis)
Don DesJardin 31 May 2009 2 years ago 42 sec 4.3 -
A bird flying at dusk Locality Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2006 4 years ago 16 sec 4.3 -
A perched bird, closing its eye not to be seen Locality Unare Lagoon, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela (ssp fusca)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 August 2003 3 years ago 38 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched, daytime roosting, showing its cryptic plumage Locality Gamboa, Panama Province, Panama (ssp littoralis)
Dave Jackson 9 April 2007 4 years ago 15 sec 4.2 -
A bird keeping still on a branch Locality Unare Lagoon, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela (ssp fusca)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 August 2003 3 years ago 28 sec 4.2
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Resting in the branch.
Locality Iranduba, Amazonas State, Brazil
Anselmo d Affonseca 8 weeks ago 4.6 -
An adult male resting on a piece of flood debris in a dry river bottom.
Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp texensis)
Don DesJardin 31 May 2009 2 years ago 4.1 -
Roosting at dusk on a fallen tree branch.
Locality Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp texensis )
Don DesJardin 24 July 1998 3 years ago 4 -
A single bird resting on the floor.
Locality Manabí Province, Ecuador
José Luis Ucha 20 May 2005 1 year ago 3.9 -
A roosting bird outside our hotel window.
Locality Villavicencio, Meta Department, Colombia (ssp acutipennis)
David Beadle 6 January 2010 7 weeks ago 3.5 -
Bird roosting in a tree during the day.
Locality Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge, Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Miriam Bauman 7 February 2011 45 weeks ago 3.4
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