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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 ...
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On warm summer evenings, Common Nighthawks roam the skies...
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Common Nighthawks nest in both rural and urban habitats...
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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 ...
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 ...
Common Nighthawks are well camouflaged in gray, white, buff, and black. The long, dark wings have a striking white blaze about two-thirds of the way out to the tip. In flight, a V-shaped white throat patch contrasts with the rest of the bird’s mottled plumage. Look for Common Nighthawks flying in looping patterns in mornings and evenings.
Originally nesting on open ground, Common Nighthawks have learned to nest on flat gravel roofs; their nasal cries and 'booming' display dives may be heard over many cities. All bird guide text and rangemaps adapted from Lives of North American Birds by Kenn Kaufman© 1996, used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Common nighthawks travel an enormous distance between breeding grounds and wintering range. It is one of North America's longer migrations. During migration, these birds may travel 2,500 to 6,800 kilometers (1,600 to 4,200 mi). During the courtship display, male nighthawks climb high and then make a sharp, steep dive.
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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 ...
