Black-throated nightjar
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Black-throated nightjar ( Antrostomus vociferus ) |
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The black-throated nightjar ( Antrostomus vociferus ), syn. ( Caprimulgus vociferus ), is a species of bird from the nightjar family (Caprimulgidae).
It occurs in southern Canada and in the east of the USA , winters in the southeast of the USA via Mexico to Cuba and Panama .
Their distribution area includes all types of forest and open tree-lined areas, including oaks and / or pines up to 1200 m.
The species used to be conspecific with the Puerto Rican nightjar ( Antrostomus noctitherus ) and until recently with the Mexico nightjar ( Antrostomus arizonae ).
description
The black-throated nightjar is 22–27 cm tall, the male weighs between 43 and 63 g, the female between 44 and 61 g. The top is striped gray-brown black-brown. Stripes. It has a narrow white stripe under the throat. Only in the male is white in the tail on the outside of the three outer control feathers .
The black Kehl-Nachtschwalbe is similar to the grate Eight Schwalbe ( Antrostomus rufus ) and the Carolina Eight Schwalbe ( Antrostomus carolinensis ), but is gray colored with a dark hatching at the vertex.
voice
The call of the male is described as a whistled “whip, pr-will” or “whip, pr-weeea”, called at night from a raised hide such as a branch or a rock.
Way of life
The diet consists of moths , beetles , crickets , grasshoppers , mosquitoes , caddis flies , locusts , ants and worms .
The breeding season is between May and July.
Hazardous situation
The black-throated nightjar is considered to be “Near Threatened”.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Avibase
- ↑ a b c d Handbook of the Birds of the World
- ↑ a b c R. Garrigues, R. Dean: The Birds of Costa Rica. Ithaca: 2007. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9
- ↑ GR Angehr, R. Dean: The Birds of Panama. Ithaca: 2010 ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7
- ^ IUCN Redlist
Web links
- Videos, photos and sound recordings for antrostomus-vociferus in the Internet Bird Collection
