Species factsheet

Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)

Order: Chordeiles acutipennis
Family: Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)

Danish name: Gråvinget Nathøg

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

texensis

sw USA to c Mexico

littoralis

s Mexico to Costa Rica

micromeris

s Yucatan Pen. and Belize

acutipennis

n and c South America

crissalis

sw Colombia

aequatorialis

w Colombia, w Ecuador and nw Peru (?)

exilis

w Peru

Photos

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