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Least Nighthawk
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Least Nighthawk
Chordeiles pusillus
The least nighthawk (Chordeiles pusillus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in northern South America. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is the smallest Caprimulgiformes, at 16 centimetres (6.3 in).
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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 19595.