Antillean Nighthawk

Chordeiles gundlachiiOrder: CAPRIMULGIFORMES Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)

Codes: Common Name: ANNI Scientific Name: CHOGUN ITIS Taxonomic No.: 177992

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Dark brown.
Head Pattern: Eyering (complete or broken), Spotted, Special (unique patterns or features)
Crown Color: Buff to pale red-brown with heavy black barring.
Forehead Color: Buff to pale red-brown with heavy black barring.
Nape Color: Buff to pale red-brown with heavy black barring.
Throat Color: Buff to pale red-brown with heavy black barring.
Cere color: No Data

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Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Length Range: 20 cm (8 in)
Weight: 51 g (1.8 oz)
Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color: White, Brown, Buff
Underparts: Buff to pale red-brown with faint black barring.
Upperparts: Buff to pale red-brown with heavy black barring.
Back Pattern: Mottled
Belly Pattern: Barred or banded
Breast Pattern: Striped or streaked

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Fluttery and darting mothlike flight with erratic changes in direction., Slow measured wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 51-56 cm (20-22 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Notched Tail
Tail Pattern: Banded
Upper Tail: Buff to pale red-brown with heavy black barring.
Under Tail: Black and white banded.
Leg Color: Gray

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Antillean Nighthawk

Antillean Nighthawk: Large nightjar, buff to pale cinnamon-brown overall with fine, dark bars and conspicuous white throat. White patches on long, pointed wings visible in flight. Tail is long, slightly notched with white subterminal tail band. Bill is tiny, bordered with bristles. Mothlike flight, frequent changes of direction.

● Song: "pity-pit-pit", "kady-dit, kady-dit, kady-dit"

● Foraging & Feeding: Antillean Nighthawk: Catches insects in the air, assisted by bristles surrounding mouth.

● Breeding & nesting: Antillean Nighthawk: One or two white to olive eggs, heavily marked with dark olive, are laid among leaves, sand, or gravel, in a scrape on the ground. Incubation ranges from 19 to 20 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Antillean Nighthawk: Common Nighthawk is larger, has longer wings, and different call.

Flight Pattern

Fluttery and darting mothlike flight with erratic changes in direction., Slow measured wing beats.

● Range & Habitat: Antillean Nighthawk: Breeds in the Florida Keys, wandering further north during the summer; accidental visitor as far west as Louisiana and as far north as the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Probably winters in South America. Also occurs in West Indies. Prefers open and semi-open areas, including pastures, fields, savannas, and pine barrens.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationRare to uncommon

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight1.8 Ounces

Perching-like Head

Perching-like Body

Perching-like Flight

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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