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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 ...
The generic name combines the Ancient Greek antron meaning "cavern" and stoma meaning "mouth". [3] ... Eastern whip-poor-will, Antrostomus vociferus; Mexican whip ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis said the story of Jesus' birth as a poor carpenter's son should instil hope that all people can make an impact on the world, as the pontiff on Tuesday led the ...
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".