Common poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Identification Tips:
Length: 7 inches
Sexes similar (with minor differences in tail pattern)
Very short bill
Upperparts with gray and black patterning
Underparts pale with diffuse dark mottling ...
The Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) is a small nightjar which breeds across much of the western United States and a few locations in western Canada.
Whippoorwill
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see goatsucker.
More on Whippoorwill
Goatsucker - common name for nocturnal or crepuscular birds of the order Caprimulgiformes, which includes the frogmouth, the oilbird, potoos, and nightjars.
Common Poorwill Behaviour
No observations regarding Common Poorwill behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Common Poorwills ...
The Common Poorwill is the smallest of the "nightjars" in North America, and is considered the western counterpart of the eastern Whip-poor-will.
The Whip-poor-will or whippoorwill, Caprimulgus vociferus, is a medium-sized nightjar - a type of nocturnal bird.
Whippoorwills get their name because of their call, which sounds like "Whip poor Will." ...
Flits like moth on silent wings. Drinks on the wing by fluttering open-mouthed over surface of water. Wintering birds in s portions of U.S. range occ in torpid ("hibernating") condition. Formerly known as Poorwill.
"Whippoorwill" redirects here. For ships named Whippoorwill, see USS Whippoorwill.
Nighthawks and Poorwills (Family Caprimulgidae)
Swifts and Hummingbirds (Order Apodiformes) The order, Apodiformes, contains the swifts and hummingbirds, birds that at first glance seem to have little in common.
Another example is the common poorwill, the only deep-hibernating bird.
The whippoorwill is common in the Eastern United States. Unlike other birds its hibernates during the winter instead of migrating. Its body temperature drops from 102 Fahrenheit 26.
The nightjar family includes the whip-poor-will and the common poorwill. The common nighthawk is a jay-sized bird about 10 inches in length. It has mottled grayish-brown feathers, a long forked tail and long pointed wings with a broad white wing bar.
John James Audubon was a colleague of Nuttall, and named 2 new species in his friend's honor. The Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) was initially known as Nuttall's Whip-poor-will.
Has anyone ever heard the call of a whippoorwill in a mocking bird's repertoire?
I'm facinated to read about all of the different non-bird sounds that have been heard from mockingbirds.
Despite its appearance, the frogmouth is not an owl. It is related to the whippoorwill.
Here at the Zoo
The Bird House & Garden is home to our tawny frogmouths.
desert tortoise burrows (summarized by Grover and DeFalco 1995): ground squirrels, PEROMYSCUS and pocket mice, kangaroo rats, woodrats, jackrabbits, desert cottontail, domestic cat, spotted skunk, kit fox, burrowing owl, Gambel's quail, poorwill, ...
Often mistaken for owls, these unique birds are part of the nightjar, nighthawks, and whippoorwill family.
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 See also: Nightjar, Nighthawk, Common Poorwill, Hummingbird, Common Nighthawk
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