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Least Nighthawk

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Alternate name
Chordeiles pusillus Scientific name
Strigiformes Order
Caprimulgidae Family   
16 cm Length
Sub/tropical (lowland) seasonally wet/flooded grassland & savanna, below 900m, in:- Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. Habitat-Altitude-Range
Clutch
Insects. Food  
                       Habits
2352 - TSN: 555540 World Number
Least Concern Status

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Least Nighthawk Song
(Chordeiles pusillus)
Sjoerd Mayer XC2657
11-06-1995, Bolivia

Czech: Lelek menší, lelek nejmenší
Danish: Dværgnathøg
German: Gnomen Nachtschwalbe, Gnomennachtschwalbe
English: Least Nighthawk
Spanish: Añapero chico, Añapero Menor, Añapero Menudo, Chotacabras Enano
Spanish (Argentine): Añapero chico
Spanish (Colombia): Chotacabras Enano
Spanish (Venezuela): Aguaitacamino Menudo
Estonian: väike-videvikusorr
Finnish: Pikkuhaukkakehrääjä
French: Engoulevent nain
Italian: Caprimulgo-sparviero minimo, Succiacapre minuto
Japanese: kobitoamerikayotaka
Japanese: コビトアメリカヨタカ
Latin: Chordeiles pusillus
Dutch: Kleinste Nachtzwaluw
Norwegian: Tussenatthauk
Polish: lelczyk malutki
Portuguese: Bacurau-pequeno, bacurauzinho
Portuguese (Brazil): bacurau-pequeno, Bacurauzinho
Russian: Карликовый сумеречный козодой
Slovak: súmracník malý
Swedish: Dvärgfalknattskärra
Chinese: 小白喉夜鹰

 

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