Lesser Nighthawk

Taxonomy

Order

Caprimulgiformes

Family

Caprimulgidae

Genus

Chordeiles

eBird Code

lesnig

Subspecies (7)

• Chordeiles acutipennis acutipennis

  tropical northern South America to northern Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil

• Chordeiles acutipennis aequatorialis

  western Colombia, western Ecuador, and adjacent northwestern Peru

• Chordeiles acutipennis crissalis

  southwestern Colombia

• Chordeiles acutipennis exilis

  western Peru to far northern Chile

• Chordeiles acutipennis littoralis

  southern Mexico to Costa Rica

• Chordeiles acutipennis micromeris

  breeds northern Yucatan Peninsula including Isla Mujeres and Belize; winters to Panama

• Chordeiles acutipennis texensis

  breeds southwestern USA to central Mexico; winters to northern Colombia