Species: Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Common Poorwill
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Caprimulgiformes

    Family

    Caprimulgidae

    Genus

    Phalaenoptilus

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Tapacamino TevĂ­i - engoulevent de Nuttall
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Other Birds
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Caprimulgiformes - Caprimulgidae - Phalaenoptilus
    Migration
    true - true - true - Breeding populations in most of U.S. move south for winter. Found year-round in southern half of range.
    Non-migrant
    true
    Locally Migrant
    true
    Food Comments
    Insectivorous. Feeds on or close to the ground at night. Feeds on night-flying moths, beetles, grasshoppers, locusts, etc. Catches insects on the ground or vaults upward and captures insects in the air. Sit-and-wait predator.
    Reproduction Comments
    Breeding begins in late March in south to late May in north. Both sexes alternate incubating 2 eggs. The nestlings are semi-precocial and downy.
    Ecology Comments
    Males set up territories up to 500 meters across early in the breeding season (Kalcounis et al. 1992).
    Length
    20
    Weight
    52
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-12-02
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-12-02
    Conservation Status Map
    <img src="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/GetMapGif?CA.AB=__&CA.BC=S4&CA.SK=S3&US.AZ=S5&US.CA=SNR&US.CO=S5&US.ID=S4&US.KS=S3&US.MT=S4&US.NN=S5&US.NE=S4&US.NV=S5&US.NM=S5&US.ND=S4&US.OK=S2&US.OR=SNR&US.SD=S3&US.TX=S4&US.UT=S4&US.WA=S3&US.WY=S5" alt="Conservation Status Map" style="width: 475px; height: auto;" />
    Global Range
    BREEDS: southern British Columbia, southeastern Montana, northwestern South Dakota, Nebraska, and southwestern Iowa south on west coast from central California to southern Baja California, and through eastern Kansas and central Texas to central mainland of Mexico. WINTERS: from central California, southern Arizona, and southern Texas south to limits of breeding range in Mexico.
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