Common Poorwill
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Family
- Caprimulgidae
- Genus
- Phalaenoptilus
- eBird Code
- compoo
Subspecies (6)
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Phalaenoptilus nuttallii adustus
southern Arizona (USA) and northern Mexico
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Phalaenoptilus nuttallii californicus
California (west of the Sierra Nevada) to northern Baja California
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Phalaenoptilus nuttallii centralis
central Mexico
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Phalaenoptilus nuttallii dickeyi
southern Baja California (south of latitude 30°N)
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Phalaenoptilus nuttallii hueyi
lower Colorado River of California; northern Baja California and southwestern Arizona
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Phalaenoptilus nuttallii nuttallii
southern British Columbia to western USA and northern Mexico; winters to central Mexico
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.