Eastern Whip-poor-will
Antrostomus vociferus(Wilson, A, 1812)
English (US) Eastern Whip-poor-will
The Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Caprimulgidae (Nightjars and Nighthawks) in the order Caprimulgiformes.
Range: breeds southern Canada and eastern USA; winters to Cuba and western PanamaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Antrostomus vociferus
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Eastern Whip-poor-will
- Described by
- (Wilson, A, 1812)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Caprimulgus vociferus
- Described by
- (Wilson, A, 1812)
- Type locality
- Pennsylvania.
- Original description
- American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature 5 p.71 pl.41 fig.1,2,3
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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