Antillean Nighthawk
Chordeiles gundlachiiLawrence, GN, 1856
English (US) Antillean Nighthawk
The Antillean Nighthawk (Chordeiles gundlachii) 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 Florida Keys and throughout the West Indies; wintering range poorly known, with records mainly from northern VenezuelaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chordeiles gundlachii
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Antillean Nighthawk
- Described by
- Lawrence, GN, 1856
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Lawrence, GN, 1856
- Type locality
- Cuba.
- Original description
- Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 6 p.165
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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