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A rarely seen eastern whip-poor-will by day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The eastern whip-poor-will is currently in decline, though they remain fairly common. [9] In 2017, the eastern whip-poor-will was uplisted from least concern to near threatened on the IUCN Red List on the basis of citizen science observations demonstrating a decline in populations of the eastern whip-poor-will by over ...
Eastern whip-poor-will: Antrostomus vociferus (Wilson, A, 1812) 55 Mexican whip-poor-will: Antrostomus arizonae Brewster, 1881: 56 Puerto Rican nightjar: Antrostomus noctitherus (Wetmore, 1919) 57 Dusky nightjar: Antrostomus saturatus Salvin, 1870: 58 Brown nightjar: Veles binotatus (Bonaparte, 1850) 59 Red-necked nightjar: Caprimulgus ...
Threats to the eastern whip-poor-will are directly caused by the loss and degradation of their habitat. [21] From 1968-2007, the number of eastern whip-poor-wills has decreased by nearly 75% of its original population in Canada, and its population is gradually decreasing at a rate of 3.2% per year. [22]
Eastern whip-poor-will; Chimney swift; Ruby-throated hummingbird; Eastern wood pewee; Acadian flycatcher; Eastern phoebe; Great crested flycatcher; White-eyed vireo; Yellow-throated vireo; Blue-headed vireo; Philadelphia vireo; Bicknell's thrush; Wood thrush; Blue-winged warbler; Golden-winged warbler; Northern parula; Chestnut-sided warbler ...
Whippoorwill commonly refers to the eastern whip-poor-will, a North American bird. Whippoorwill or Whip-poor-will may also refer to: The 1978 Whippoorwill tornado; Mexican whip-poor-will, a bird of the southwestern United States and Mexico; Whippoorwill, Oklahoma, a census-designated place in the United States
This was at least in part because the common poorwill was not then recognized as a species distinct from the whip-poor-will of eastern North America. Native Americans of the Hopi tribe were likely aware of the poorwill's behavior even earlier — the Hopílavayi name of this bird, hölchko , means "The Sleeping One".
The Mexican whip-poor-will lays its clutch of two eggs directly on leaf litter with no conventional nest. In Arizona they are laid in May and early June; laying dates are not known elsewhere. Both male and female have a brood patch, which probably means that both sexes tend the eggs as do eastern whip-poor-wills. [4
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