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Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground. They have long wings, short legs, and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is cryptically colored to resemble bark or leaves. Three species have been recorded in Illinois. Common nighthawk ...
The lesser nighthawk is a smaller bird and displays more buffy on the undertail coverts, where the common nighthawk shows white. Common nighthawks and Antillean nighthawks exhibit entirely dark on the basal portion of the primary feathers, whereas lesser nighthawks have bands of buffy spots. Common and Antillean nighthawks have a longer ...
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]
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The subfamily Chordeilinae contains four genera and ten species. [4] Under the genus Chordeiles exists the greatest number of diversity in species in the subfamily with the lesser nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis), the Antillean nighthawk (Chordeiles gundlachii), the common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), the nacunda nighthawk (Chordeiles nacunda), the least nighthawk (Chordeiles pusillus), and ...
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The taxonomic treatment [3] (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the accompanying bird lists adheres to the conventions of the AOS's (2019) Check-list of North American Birds, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North America birds.