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Least Nighthawk

Chordeiles pusillus

Least Concern

पंखों का फैलाव

25.0 cm

वजन

29.733333333333334 g

कुल

Caprimulgidae

गण

Caprimulgiformes

के बारे में

The smallest Chordeiles nighthawk (~30 g), family Caprimulgidae, inhabiting open cerrado, caatinga, and rocky savanna in eastern and central South America. Very small with brown and buff cryptic plumage; white tail band in males. Hunts small insects aerially at dusk. Least Concern in open lowland habitats.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
पंखों का फैलाव	25.0 cm	9.8 in
वजन	29.733333333333334 g	1.05 oz

पहचान

पंख

Smallest Chordeiles; brown and buff mottled above; pale buff underparts with dark barring; small white throat patch in male; narrow white wing bar; white or buff tail spots. Female has buff throat bar.

Habitat & Range

🌾 Grassland

भौगोलिक वितरण

Resident of open savanna and cerrado in interior South America from Venezuela and the Guianas south to Bolivia and central Brazil.

Diet & Feeding

Catches small flying insects in aerial pursuit over South American scrub and open areas; crepuscular.

संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

व्यवहार और प्रजनन

घोंसला बनाना

Nest type: NO.

अंडों की संख्या

ध्वनि

गीत

High-pitched, buzzy trill; thin 'pee-pee-pee' series; soft churring from ground; tiny size matched by high, reedy call quality; rarely loud

वर्गिकी

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
गण	Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars & Swifts)
कुल	Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)
Genus	Chordeiles
प्रजातियां	Chordeiles pusillus

Distribution

Least Nighthawk has been recorded in 3 countries.

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उपस्थित Not recorded