Breeding Location:
Open landscapes
Breeding Type:
Monogamous, Solitary nester
Breeding Population:
Egg Color:
Buff to pale pink with small red brown spots
Number of Eggs:
2
Incubation Days:
19 - 20
Egg Incubator:
Both sexes
Nest Material:
No nest materials.
Migration:
Nonmigratory
Recommended Products:
General
Common Pauraque: Medium-sized nightjar with dark-streaked, mottled gray upperparts, white throat, black chin, rufous face, and pale gray- brown underparts. Wings are brown- and black-barred with white band at base of primaries visible in flight. Long tail is gray with dark edges and white patches on outside of tip. Female has browner wing and tail patches.
Range and Habitat
Common Pauraque: Resident from extreme southern Texas to the American tropics; frequents semi-open scrub country with thickets and woodland clearings.
Breeding and Nesting
Common Pauraque: Two buff to pale pink eggs, marked with small red brown spots, are laid on the bare ground near a bush or tree. Incubation ranges from 19 to 20 days and is carried out by both parents.
Foraging and Feeding
Common Pauraque: Feeds on insects; forages in flight close to ground; sometimes forages on the ground.
Vocalization
Common Pauraque: Song is a loud, whistled "puc, puc, puc, puc p'weeEER" or "who-who-who-are-you?" Call is "wheet wheet wheeeer."
Similar Species
Common Pauraque: Common and Lesser nighthawks have long pointed wings, long, notched tails, and different voices.
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