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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Antillean Nighthawk
Chordeiles gundlachii
Order
CAPRIMULGIFORMES
Family
Goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae)
Code 4
ANNI
Code 6
CHOGUN
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
All-purpose
Eye Color:
Dark brown.
Head pattern:
Eyering, Unique pattern
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:
White
Cere color:
No Data
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BODY
Length Range:
20 cm (8 in)
Weight:
51 g (1.8 oz)
Size:
Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary:
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
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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Parts of a Standing bird
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Head Feathers and Markings
X
Parts of a Flying bird
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