Chordeiles minor was the previous entry in this blog. From Wordnik.com. [Casey Luskin: Fish in a Barrel - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Chordeiles minor – common nighthawk, resting on a fence post on the Konza Prairie Biological Station near Manhattan, Kansas. From Wordnik.com. [Chordeiles minor - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The Nighthawk Chordeiles minoris not a hawk, of course-- it is a "goatsucker" or nightjar, a bird that flies through the night engulfing insects with its great maw like, as Libby says, a whale cruising through plankton. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
Birds that visit mangroves during migration include spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularia), red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis), snowy cotinga (Carpodectes nitidus), Wilson's plover (Charadrius wilsonia), green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana), lesser nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis), common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), keel-billed motmot (Electron carintum), and osprey (Pandion haliaetus) just to name a few. From Wordnik.com. [Rio Negro-Rio San Sun mangroves] Reference
Birds most specific to mangroves include roseate spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja), gray-necked wood rail (Aramides cajanea), rufous-necked wood rail (A. axillaris), mangrove black-hawk (Buteogallus subtilis), yellow-billed cotinga (Carpodectes antoniae) (now rare), green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana), Amazon kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona) lesser nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis), rufous-browed peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis) and many others. From Wordnik.com. [Gulf of Panama mangroves] Reference
Comment on “Chordeiles minor”. From Wordnik.com. [The Panda's Thumb: April 2010 Archives] Reference
Nighthawk, Common Chordeiles minor 206. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
Mystery bird: common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor. From Wordnik.com. [Chemistry: the unsung hero of science] Reference
Chordeiles minor. From Wordnik.com. [Chordeiles minor - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Chordeiles minor - The Panda's Thumb. From Wordnik.com. [Chordeiles minor - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
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