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  • Overview
  • Species
    • Amphibians
    • Birds
      • Common Nighthawk
    • Crustaceans
    • Fish
    • Mammals
    • Molluscs
    • Reptiles
  • Ecoregions
    • Arizona/New Mexico Mountains
    • Chihuahuan Desert
    • Colorado Plateaus
    • High Plains and Tablelands
    • Madrean Archipelago
    • Southern Rocky Mountains
  • Habitats
    • Alpine And Montane Vegetation
    • Aquatic
    • Arroyo Riparian
    • Cliff Scree Rock Vegetation
    • Desert Grassland And Scrub
    • Introduced Semi Natural Vegetation
    • Plains Mesa Grasslands
    • Riparian Woodlands And Wetlands
  • Threats and Conservation Actions
  • Conservation Opportunity Areas
    • Big Hatchet Mountains
    • Black Range
    • Bootheel
    • Gila Highlands
    • Gila River Headwaters
    • Jemez Mountains
    • Lower Gila River
    • Lower Pecos and Black Rivers
    • Mescalero Sands
    • Middle Pecos River
    • Middle Rio Grande
    • Mimbres River
    • Northern Sacramento Mountains
    • San Francisco River
    • San Juan River
    • Zuni Mountains
  • Monitoring
  • Climate Change
Common Nighthawk
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Name
Common Nighthawk
Scientific Name
Chordeiles minor
Category
S
Taxon
Birds
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) is a medium-sized (22-24 cm) nightjar with long wings with white patches on the underside. They are distributed throughout much of the Americas. They are insect-eating summer residents of New Mexico that are most active in the mornings and evenings.

Ecoregions

Chihuahuan Desert

Madrean Archipelago

Arizona/New Mexico Mountains

High Plains and Tablelands

Colorado Plateaus

Southern Rocky Mountains


Habitats

Madrean Lowland Evergreen Woodland

Rocky Mountain Pinyon - Juniper Woodland

Intermountain Juniper Woodland

Rocky Mountain Subalpine-High Montane Meadow

Rocky Mountain Montane Shrubland

Great Plains Mixedgrass Prairie

Great Plains Sand Grassland & Shrubland

Great Plains Shortgrass Prairie

Intermountain Tall Sagebrush Shrubland

Intermountain Dwarf Sagebrush Shrubland

Intermountain Dry Shrubland & Grassland

Chihuahuan Desert Scrub

Chihuahuan Semi-Desert Grassland

Cliff, Scree & Rock Vegetation


Threats and Conservation Actions