This search box can be used to find bird species using
bird's english, french or latin name, or to identify bird by its 4 letter Alpha Code
Field Guide for all the Birds of North America
Antillean Nighthawk
4 Letter (english names) Alpha Code: ANNI (2)
Engoulevent piramidig
Chordeiles gundlachii
Information, images and range maps on over 1,000 birds of North America, including sub-species, vagrants, introduced birds and possibilities
Life, Habitat & Pictures of North American Nighthawks
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Family
Latin Name
8.5" 21.6cm
21" 53.3cm
2oz 56.7g
Caprimulgidae
Chordeiles gundlachii
Summer
Year Around
Winter
The Antillean Nighthawk is found in southern Florida and throughout the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico Islands.
This nightjar is very common throughout its breeding grounds. It can be found perched in trees and resting on the ground during the daylight hours and seen
flying through the skies in the morning and evening hours.
Avibase - the world bird database This site provides the user
with a complete list of bird species, broken down per country, or in the example of the US or Canada, per state and province. Here, bird species names are
available in other languages, a great asset to be used as a translation of foreign bird names.
ABA - American Birding Association This site represents an organization that maintains
official records of all birds species that have been proven to have been seen inside the perimeters of the North American Continent and the surrounding bodies of
water. Regular revised versions are posted to keep the bird list current at all times. This is the list used by all serious birders over their lifetime. You may be
aware of the movie called the "Big Year". It was with this list that all the competing birders used in an attempt to set a new record as to how many bird species
that could be seen by an individual birder in one calendar year.
I hope you will take advantage of these suggested websites. I have used each of them, in one way or another, throughout the years in my quest to better identify
and understand our fine feathered friends.
