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Typical Nighthawks
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Typical Nighthawks

Chordeiles

Chordeiles is a New World genus of nighthawks in the family Caprimulgidae. It contains the following species:

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Common Nighthawk

speciesChordeiles minor

Lesser Nighthawk

speciesChordeiles acutipennis

Nacunda Nighthawk

speciesChordeiles nacunda

Antillean Nighthawk

speciesChordeiles gundlachii

Sand-colored Nighthawk

speciesChordeiles rupestris

Least Nighthawk

speciesChordeiles pusillus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 19576.