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  2. List of nocturnal birds - Wikipedia

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    There are many birds that are active nocturnally. Some, like owls and nighthawks, are predominantly nocturnal whereas others do specific tasks, like migrating, nocturnally. North Island brown kiwi, Apteryx mantelli [1] Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax [1] Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus [1] Long-eared owl, Asio otus [1]

  3. Great potoo - Wikipedia

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    Breeding has been recorded as typically February to August, but depending on the portion of this bird's range breeding birds can be met with almost year-round. [11] The nest is a slight depression on a thick tree branch, [ 12 ] at least 10 m (33 ft) above ground, with a single white (slightly spotted) egg measuring about 5.2 cm × 3.8 cm (2.0 ...

  4. Potoo - Wikipedia

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    The level of divergence is the highest of any genus of birds, being more typical of the divergence between genera or even families. The northern potoo was for a long time considered to be the same species as the common potoo, but the two species have now been separated on the basis of their calls. In spite of this there is no morphological way ...

  5. Train Your Ears to Listen for These Common Birdsongs

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    Birdsongs are as complex as they are beautiful, containing distinct elements like pitch, tone, rhythm, and repetition.Each species also makes many different vocalizations—both songs and calls ...

  6. Common nighthawk - Wikipedia

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    The males of this species may roost together but the bird is primarily solitary. The common nighthawk shows variability in territory size. [4] This caprimulgid has a large, flattened head with large eyes; facially it lacks rictal bristles. The common nighthawk has long slender wings that at rest extend beyond a notched tail.

  7. Northern flicker - Wikipedia

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    The common sounds the male bird makes towards a female is "woikawoikawoika", symbolizing their relationship to one another and other birds. If the call is used towards a male, it is a territorial sign. [23] The calls' pattern can be classified as flat and gradually rises into a loud noise. The call type is a chirp that drums and rattles. [26]

  8. Limpkin - Wikipedia

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    The limpkin (Aramus guarauna), also called carrao, courlan, and crying bird, is a large wading bird related to rails and cranes, and the only extant species in the family Aramidae. It is found mostly in wetlands in warm parts of the Americas , from Florida to northern Argentina, but has been spotted as far north as Wisconsin [ 3 ] and Southern ...

  9. Bird vocalization - Wikipedia

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    Birds communicate alarm through vocalizations and movements that are specific to the threat, and bird alarms can be understood by other animal species, including other birds, in order to identify and protect against the specific threat. [27] Mobbing calls are used to recruit individuals in an area where an owl or other predator may be present ...