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The Buck Model 110 Folding Hunter Buck 110 LT (FRN handle) On April 18, 1963, two years after incorporating, the Buck board of directors authorized development of a new folding utility and hunting knife. [1] The new design featured a sturdy locking mechanism and a substantial clip point blade suitable for butchering and skinning large game. [1]
This taxon is now considered as a subspecies of the short-tailed nighthawk. [2] [3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek oura meaning "tail" with kolos meaning "stunted". [4] The genus contains two species. [5]
The short-tailed nighthawk is 19 to 21 cm (7.5 to 8.3 in) long. One L. s. semitorquatusfemale weighed 79 g (2.8 oz) and several L. s. nattereri males weighed 82 to 89 g (2.9 to 3.1 oz). This is a rather large nightjar with an unusually short tail. Its upperparts are dark brown to blackish with rufous and buff spots and speckles.
Common nighthawk: Chordeiles minor (Forster, JR, 1771) 15 Antillean nighthawk: Chordeiles gundlachii Lawrence, 1857: 16 Short-tailed nighthawk: Lurocalis semitorquatus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 17 Rufous-bellied nighthawk: Lurocalis rufiventris Taczanowski, 1884: 18 Band-tailed nighthawk: Nyctiprogne leucopyga (Spix, 1825) 19 Plain-tailed nighthawk
Apocordulia is a monotypic genus with only one species, Apocordulia macrops, [5] [6] commonly known as a nighthawk. [4] Apocordulia macrops is a medium-sized, dull coloured dragonfly with large eyes. [ 4 ]
The lesser nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis) is a nightjar found throughout a large part of the Americas. This bird looks similar to the common nighthawk but is slightly smaller, has a slightly less deeply forked tail, and is more buffy in coloration. Their distinctive mouths are very well adapted for capturing insects mid-flight.
Rufous-bellied nighthawk Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Strisores Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Caprimulgidae Genus: Lurocalis Species: L. rufiventris Binomial name Lurocalis rufiventris Taczanowski, 1884 The rufous-bellied nighthawk (Lurocalis rufiventris), sometimes also ...