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| | Habitats include forest edges, river edges, savanna and marshes, often where these are surrounded by drier, open country. | | Habitats include forest edges, river edges, savanna and marshes, often where these are surrounded by drier, open country. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| - | Mainly [[Dictionary_M-S#N|nocturnal]], sometimes [[Dictionary_A-F#C|crepuscular]]. In flight sometimes glides on wings raised in a dihedral, and often fouraging in groups. Spends the day on the ground on for example sand banks, sometimes in quite large groups. | + | Mainly [[Dictionary_M-S#N|nocturnal]], sometimes [[Dictionary_A-F#C|crepuscular]]. In flight sometimes glides on wings raised in a [[Dictionary_A-F#D|dihedral]], and often fouraging in groups. Spends the day on the ground on for example sand banks, sometimes in quite large groups. |
| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=181553 Birdforum thread discussing the proposal to place this species in genus ''Chordeiles'' | | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=181553 Birdforum thread discussing the proposal to place this species in genus ''Chordeiles'' |
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- Chordeiles nacunda
Podager nacunda
[edit] Identification
White throat patch and, in flight, white belly and flanks and very distinctive white bands on the wings. The male has white tips on its outer tail feathers.
[edit] Distribution
The Nacunda Nighthawk is found in South America east of the Andes in two groups: Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and extreme north of Brazil; and south of the Amazon to central Argentina.
[edit] Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized[1]:
- C. n. minor
- C. n. nacunda
This species was recently transferred from the genus Podager to Chordeiles. In consequence a new name is needed for one of the subspecies, P. n. minor would become Chordeiles nacunda coryi.
[edit] Habitat
Habitats include forest edges, river edges, savanna and marshes, often where these are surrounded by drier, open country.
[edit] Behaviour
Mainly nocturnal, sometimes crepuscular. In flight sometimes glides on wings raised in a dihedral, and often fouraging in groups. Spends the day on the ground on for example sand banks, sometimes in quite large groups.
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- [http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=181553 Birdforum thread discussing the proposal to place this species in genus Chordeiles
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