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The common nighthawk resembles both the Antillean nighthawk and the lesser nighthawk and occurs at least seasonally in the entire North American range of both of these species. The lesser nighthawk is a smaller bird and displays more buffy on the undertail coverts , where the common nighthawk shows white.
This is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species recorded in Big Bend National Park, which is in the U.S. state of Texas.Unless otherwise noted, this list is based on one published by the National Park Service (NPS) as of July 2024.
The northern mockingbird is the state bird of Texas. The list of birds of Texas is the official list of species recorded in the U.S. state of Texas according to the Texas Bird Records Committee (TBRC) of the Texas Ornithological Society. As of January 2024, the list contained 664 species. Of them, 170 are considered review species. Eight species were introduced to Texas, two are known to be ...
The 2014 State of the Birds Report lists the nighthawk as a "common bird in steep decline." A leading hypothesis for the change in nighthawks is a decline in the insect population.
Least nighthawk: northern South America Chordeiles rupestris: Sand-coloured nighthawk: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela Chordeiles minor: Common nighthawk: South America to northern North America. Chordeiles acutipennis: Lesser nighthawk: United States through South America Chordeiles gundlachii: Antillean nighthawk
The subfamily Chordeilinae contains four genera and ten species. [4] Under the genus Chordeiles exists the greatest number of diversity in species in the subfamily with the lesser nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis), the Antillean nighthawk (Chordeiles gundlachii), the common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), the nacunda nighthawk (Chordeiles nacunda), the least nighthawk (Chordeiles pusillus), and ...
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