Common Poorwill

Phalaenoptilus nuttallii - Engoulevent de Nuttall

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Caprimulgiformes

  • Family
    :

    Caprimulgidés

  • Genus
    :

    Phalaenoptilus

  • Species
    :

    nuttallii

Descriptor

Audubon, 1844

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 21 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 31 à 58 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) is a species of bird in the Caprimulgidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Phalaenoptilus nuttallii nuttallii (sw Canada, w and wc USA and n Mexico)
  • Phalaenoptilus nuttallii californicus (w California. USA. , n Baja California (Mexico))
  • Phalaenoptilus nuttallii hueyi (se California and sw Arizona. USA, ne Baja California (Mexico.)
  • Phalaenoptilus nuttallii dickeyi (s Baja California. Mexico.)
  • Phalaenoptilus nuttallii adustus (s Arizona. USA. , n Mexico)
  • Phalaenoptilus nuttallii centralis (c Mexico)

Foreign names

  • Engoulevent de Nuttall,
  • Chotacabras pachacua,
  • noitibó-de-nuttall,
  • Winternachtschwalbe,
  • téli estifecske,
  • Poorwill,
  • Succiacapre di Nuttall,
  • dvalnattskärra,
  • Dvalenattravn,
  • lelek spáč,
  • lelek americký,
  • Amerikansk Poorwill,
  • horroskehrääjä,
  • enganyapastors de Nutall,
  • lelkowiec zimowy,
  • Amerikas lēlītis,
  • Спящий козодой,
  • プアーウィルヨタカ,
  • 北美小夜鹰,
  • 弱夜鷹,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Desert : Hot

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

QRcode Engoulevent de Nuttall
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