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Appearance. This medium-sized bird has large, flattened head and long, narrow, pointed wings. The bill of Common nighthawks is small while the mouth and eyes are large. The long tail is notched and brown with buff bands. Across the long feathers, bordering the wings, the bird has wide white stripe, which is visible when flying.
Common Nighthawk. Chordeiles minor (JR Forster, 1771) COMNI 7860. Family: Caprimulgiformes > Caprimulgidae. Similar in size to a Nightjar, but with larger white wing markings, the Common Nighthawk is a very rare visitor from North America. Within its native range, the Common Nighthawk is migratory, breeding in North America south of the tundra ...
Common nighthawk. The common nighthawk or bullbat (Chordeiles minor) is a medium-sized [3][4] crepuscular or nocturnal bird [3][5] of the Americas within the nightjar (Caprimulgidae) family, whose presence and identity are best revealed by its vocalization. Typically dark [3] (gray, black and brown), [5] displaying cryptic colouration and ...
On warm summer evenings, Common Nighthawks roam the skies over treetops, grasslands, and cities. Their sharp, electric peent call is often the first clue they’re overhead. In the dim half-light, these long-winged birds fly in graceful loops, flashing white patches out past the bend of each wing as they chase insects. These fairly common but declining birds make no nest. Their young are so ...
In the U.S., Common Nighthawk populations declined by over 1% per year between 1966 and 2019, for a cumulative decline of about 48%, according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Hard numbers are difficult to come by because the Common Nighthawk's cryptic colors and nearly nocturnal habits make them difficult to count during standardized surveys.
Populations of the Common Nighthawk have plunged, with a cumulative decline of 58 percent between 1970 and 2014, according to the conservation coalition Partners in Flight. Once familiar neighborhood birds, nighthawks are now gone from many urban areas and rural towns where they once nested. Some regions, including the Northeast, have been ...
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Camouflaged to blend into daytime roosts. Intricately patterned with gray and brown. Often roosts along tree branches or on the ground. Feeds at night on large insects. Watch for them flying under bright lights at ballgames or supermarkets. Distinctive fluttering flight style, with wings usually held in a V-shape between bursts of flaps and maneuvers to snatch insects. Very similar to Lesser ...
