Lesser nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
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Length: 8 inches Wingspan: 21 inches
Very short bill
Upperparts with gray and white patterning
Brown and white patterning on head and chest
Underparts with dark bars ...
Lesser Nighthawk
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The Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis) is a bird of the American Southwest and much of Mexico. It feeds on the wing, usually at dusk or dawn, upon flying insects.
Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis. Accidental.
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor. Breeder. Uncommon to locally common in spring, summer, and fall, and rare in winter in all regions.
Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis). Male collected 12/9/1998 on Mill Creek Road, Carteret Co. by the Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter (OWLS). Top wing is a male Common Nighthawk for comparison.
Least Nighthawk, Chordeiles pusillus
Sand-coloured Nighthawk, Chordeiles rupestris
Common Nighthawk, Chordeiles minor
Lesser Nighthawk, Chordeiles acutipennis
Antillean Nighthawk, Chordeiles gundlachii ...
Feeds at dusk, night, and in day. Performs distraction display. Young feed selves by day 25. Largely excluded from desert habitats by Lesser Nighthawk. Interspecifically territorial with Antillean Nighthawk in FL Keys.
They also have an Eastern Screeh Owl, 2 Clay-colored Robins and three species of Oriole: Altamira, Hooded and Audubons. Santa Ana had a very cooperative Red-naped Sapsucker that worked the same tree most of the winter and the Lesser Nighthawk at ...
 See also: Nighthawk, Common Nighthawk, Nightjar, Swallow, Whip-poor-will
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