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Common or Antillean Nighthawk
Chordeiles [minor or gundlachii] (= Chordeiles minor) (Forster, JR 1771)
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Caprimulgiformes
Family:
Caprimulgidae
Genus:
Chordeiles
Scientific:
Chordeiles minor
Classification
Order:Caprimulgiformes
Family:
Caprimulgidae
Genus:
Chordeiles
Scientific:
Chordeiles minor
Original description
Citation:
(Forster, JR 1771)
Reference:
Cat. Anim. N. Amer.
Protonym:
Caprimulgus minor
Type locality:
No locality = South Carolina ex Catesby.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16494195
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
69119F8CDE10A5A7
Avibase ID:
avibase-69119F8C
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/69119F8C
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177979
Geographic range:
- Chordeiles minor minor: Central and s Canada to n and ne US; winters to n Argentina
- Chordeiles minor sennetti: S-central Canada and n-central US ; winters to South America
- Chordeiles minor hesperis: SW Canada and w US; winters n South America
- Chordeiles minor howelli: W-central and s-central US; winters to South America
- Chordeiles minor henryi: SW US and n-central Mexico; winters to Colombia
- Chordeiles minor aserriensis: S-central US to extreme n Mexico (n Tamaulipas)
- Chordeiles minor chapmani: SE US; winters to Argentina
- Chordeiles minor panamensis: E Honduras, Belize and Nicaragua to Panama; winters to S Am.
- Chordeiles minor neotropicalis: breeds eastern and southern Mexico (Tamaulipas south to central Guerrero and to Chiapas); winter range undocumented, presumably Amazonia.
- Chordeiles gundlachii gundlachii: Cuba, Isle of Pines, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Is.
- Chordeiles gundlachii vicinus: S Florida and the Bahamas
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Source: Clements checklist
Common or Antillean Nighthawk
French:
Engoulevent d'Amérique ou E. piramidig
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.): Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957): Common Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.): Common Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.): Common Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Common or Antillean Nighthawk ( Chordeiles [minor or gundlachii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Common or Antillean Nighthawk ( Chordeiles [minor or gundlachii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Common or Antillean Nighthawk ( Chordeiles [minor or gundlachii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Common or Antillean Nighthawk ( Chordeiles [minor or gundlachii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Common or Antillean Nighthawk ( Chordeiles [minor or gundlachii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Common or Antillean Nighthawk ( Chordeiles [minor or gundlachii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Common or Antillean Nighthawk ( Chordeiles [minor or gundlachii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Common or Antillean Nighthawk ( Chordeiles [minor or gundlachii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Common or Antillean Nighthawk ( Chordeiles [minor or gundlachii]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Common or Antillean Nighthawk ( Chordeiles [minor or gundlachii]) |
| Clements 1st edition: Common Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Common Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Common/Antillean Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor/gundlachii) |
| eBird version 2023: Common/Antillean Nighthawk ( Chordeiles minor/gundlachii) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Chordeiles minor [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Chordeiles minor [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Chordeiles minor [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
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Other synonyms
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Catalan: Enganyapastors americà
Czech: Lelek sokolí
Welsh: Cudyll Droellwr, Cudyll-droellwr
Danish: Nathøg
German: Falkennachtschwalbe, Nachtfalke
English: Asseri nighthawk, booming nighthawk, bullbat, Bull-bat, Cherrie's nighthawk, Common Nighthawk, Common or Antillean Nighthawk, Common/Antillean Nighthawk, eastern nighthawk, Florida nighthawk, Howell's nighthawk, long-winged Goatsucker, Mosquito hawk, Nighthawk, Night-jar, Pacific nighthawk, piramidig, pisk, Sennett's nighthawk, western nighthawk, Will o the wisp
Esperanto: Amerika kaprimulgo
Spanish: Añapero, Añapero boreal, Añapero migratorio, Añapero Yanqui, Añapero zumbón, Chotacabras americano, Chotacabras Mayor, Chotacabras Norteño, Chotacabras Yanqui, Chotacabras zumbón, Gallina ciega boreal, Pucuyo común, Querebebé Migratorio
Spanish (Argentine): Añapero, Añapero boreal
Spanish (Bolivia): Añapero migratorio, Añapero Yanqui
Spanish (Chile): Gallina ciega boreal
Spanish (Colombia): Chotacabras Norteño
Spanish (Costa Rica): Añapero zumbón
Spanish (Cuba): Querequeté Americano
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Querebebé Migratorio
Spanish (Honduras): Pucuyo común
Spanish (Mexico): Chotacabras Mayor, chotacabras zumbón
Spanish (Nicaragua): Añapero Zumbón
Spanish (Peru): Chotacabras Migratorio
Spanish (Paraguay): Añapero boreal
Spanish (Uruguay): Añapero
Spanish (Venezuela): Aguaitacamino Migratorio
Estonian: videvikusorr (põhja-videvikusorr)
Basque: Enganyapastors americà
Finnish: Isohaukkakehrääjä
French: Engoulevent d'Amérique, Engoulevent d'Amérique ou E. piramidig
Galician: Enganyapastors americà
Guarani: Yvyja'u mi
Haitian Creole French: Petonvwa etranje
Hebrew: תחמס אמריקאי
Hungarian: estifecske
Icelandic: Húmfari
Italian: Caprimulgo-sparviero comune
Japanese (romaji): amerikayotaka
Japanese: アメリカヨタカ
Scientific: Caprimulgus americanus, Caprimulgus minor, Caprimulgus popetue, Chordeiles [minor or gundlachii], Chordeiles minor, Chordeiles minor minor, Chordeiles minor virginianus, Chordeiles minor/gundlachii, Chordeiles popetue, Chordeiles virginianus
Lithuanian: Mažasis lelys
Dutch: Amerikaanse Nachtzwaluw
Norwegian: Dvergnattravn, Natthauk, Nordnatthauk
Polish: lelczyk maly, lelczyk mały, Lelek mały
Portuguese: bacuaru-americano, Bacurau-americano, bacurau-de-bando, bacurau-migrador, bacurau-norte-americano
Portuguese (Brazil): bacuaru-americano, bacurau-de-bando, bacurau-migrador, bacurau-norte-americano
Russian: виргинский сумеречный козодой, Козодой малый, Малый козодой
Slovak: Lelek krahulcovitý, súmracník krahulcí
Slovenian: severnoameriški legen
Serbian: Mali leganj, Мали легањ
Swedish: Falknattskärra, Större falknattskärra
Turkish: Amerika çobanaldatanı
Ukrainian: Анаперо віргинський
Chinese: 美洲夜鹰
Chinese (Traditional): 美洲夜鷹
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