Common Nighthawk

Taxonomy

Order

Caprimulgiformes

Family

Caprimulgidae

Genus

Chordeiles

eBird Code

comnig

Subspecies (9)

• Chordeiles minor aserriensis

  south-central USA to far northern Mexico (northern Tamaulipas)

• Chordeiles minor chapmani

  breeds southeastern USA; winters to Argentina

• Chordeiles minor henryi

  breeds southwestern USA and north-central Mexico; winters to Colombia

• Chordeiles minor hesperis

  breeds southwestern Canada and western USA; winters northern South America

• Chordeiles minor howelli

  breeds west-central and south-central USA; winters to South America

• Chordeiles minor minor

  breeds central and southern Canada to northern and northeastern USA; winters to northern Argentina

• Chordeiles minor neotropicalis

  breeds breeds eastern and southern Mexico (Tamaulipas southward to central Guerrero and Chiapas); winter range undocumented, presumably Amazonia

• Chordeiles minor panamensis

  breeds eastern Honduras, Belize and Nicaragua to Panama; winters to South America

• Chordeiles minor sennetti

  breeds south-central Canada and north-central USA; winters to South America