Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)
Nacunda Nighthawk (Podager nacunda) - HBW 5, p. 336
French: Engoulevent nacunda
German: Weißbauch-Nachtschwalbe
Spanish: Añapero Ñacundá
Taxonomy: Caprimulgus nacunda Vieillot, 1817, Paraguay.
Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- minor Cory, 1915 - N & C Colombia E through Venezuela, Trinidad, the Guianas and N Brazil.
- nacunda (Vieillot, 1817) - E Peru E through Brazil (S of Amazon) and S to C Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Nacunda Nighthawk, frontal view of a bird roosting on the edge of a lake at Porto Jofre. Locality Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Mark Andrews 5 August 2010 2 years ago 44 sec 4.9 -
A frontal view of a bird next to a road (and then almost hit by a car!). Locality Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp minor)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 10 July 2011 1 year ago 19 sec 4.3 -
A ventral view of a bird on a road at night. Locality Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp minor)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 10 July 2011 1 year ago 28 sec 4.3 -
A bird on the grass Locality Pantanal, Brazil (ssp nacunda)
Max Roth 30 April 2002 7 years ago 10 sec 4.1 -
A bird on the ground, at night Locality Hato Piñero, Cojedes State, Venezuela (ssp minor)
DAVID ASCANIO 28 February 2006 6 years ago 32 sec 4 -
A side profile of a bird on a road at night. Locality Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp minor)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 10 July 2011 1 year ago 29 sec 3.8
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Adult bird.
Locality Waterloo, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp minor)
nigel lallsingh 1 September 2012 37 weeks ago 4.5 -
Roosting on ground
Locality Pantanal, Brazil
Philip Perry 7 September 2010 47 weeks ago 4 -
A bird sitting on the ground
Locality Passo do Lontra, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 11 August 2010 1 year ago 4 -
An individual resting on the ground.
Locality Loreto, Beni Department, Bolivia (ssp nacunda)
Joe Tobias 26 September 2005 26 weeks ago 3.8 -
Nacunda Nighthawk in Ubatumirim. © Elis Simpson
Locality Ubatumirim, Ubatuba, São Paulo State, Brazil
Rick and Elis Simpson 10 April 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
Single bird perched on a dead branch at the side of the Essequibo River.
Locality Iwokrama River Lodge, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana (ssp minor Cory, 1915)
Allan Hopkins 10 November 2012 15 weeks ago 3.7
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