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- Common_poorwill abstract "The common poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) is a nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae, the nightjars. It is found from British Columbia and southeastern Alberta, through the western United States to northern Mexico. The bird's habitat is dry, open areas with grasses or shrubs, and even stony desert slopes with very little vegetation.Many northern birds migrate to winter within the breeding range in central and western Mexico, though some remain further north. Remarkably, the common poorwill is the only bird known to go into torpor for extended periods (weeks to months). This happens on the southern edge of its range in the United States, where it spends much of the winter inactive, concealed in piles of rocks. This behavior has been reported in California and New Mexico. Such an extended period of torpor is close to a state of hibernation, not known among other birds. It was described definitively by Dr. Edmund Jaeger in 1948 based on a poorwill he discovered hibernating in the Chuckwalla Mountains of California in 1946.Jaeger's observations may have been influenced by earlier observations of torpor in the white-throated swift made by his acquaintance Wilson Hanna, a resident of the Riverside, California area and noted oologist.In 1804, Meriwether Lewis observed hibernating common poorwills in North Dakota during the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Though these observations were recorded carefully in Lewis's journal, their significance was not understood. This was at least in part because the common poorwill was not then recognized as a species distinct from the whip-poor-will of eastern North America.Native Americans of the Hopi tribe were likely aware of the poorwill's behavior even earlier — the Hopílavayi name of this bird, hölchko, means "The Sleeping One".This is the smallest North American nightjar, about 18 centimetres (7.1 in) in length, with a wingspan of approximately 30 centimetres (12 in). It weighs 36–58 grams (1.3–2.0 oz). The sexes are similar, both gray and black patterned above. The outer tail-feathers are tipped with white, the markings slightly more prominent in the male.The common poorwill is told from similar nightjars by its small size, short bill, rounded wings with tips that reach the end of the short tail at rest, and pale gray coloration. Like many other nightjars, the common name derives from its call, a monotonous poor-will given from dusk to dawn. At close range a third syllable of the call may be heard, resulting in a poor-will-low. It also gives a chuck note in flight.Up to five subspecies are described, although these are all quite similar, and some may be of dubious validity. P. n. nutalli breeds over most of the North American range. P. n. californicus, dusky poorwill, is darker and browner than the nominate race. It occurs in western California. P. n. hueyi, desert poorwill, is paler than the nominate race. It occurs in southern California. P. n. dickeyi, San Ignacio poorwill, is smaller and less heavily marked than californicus. It is resident in Baja California. P. n. adustus, Sonoran poorwill, is paler and browner than the nominate race. It occurs from extreme southern Arizona to central Sonora.Like other members of this family it feeds on nocturnal insects such as moths, beetles, and grasshoppers. It ejects pellets of the indigestible parts, in the manner of an owl. The common poorwill frequently takes prey off of the ground or by leaping into the air from the ground. It is reported to drink on the wing.The nest of the common poorwill is a shallow scrape on the ground, often at the base of a hill and frequently shaded partly by a bush or clump of grass. The clutch size is typically two, and the eggs are white to creamy, or pale pink, sometimes with darker mottling. Both sexes incubate for 20–21 days to hatching, with another 20–23 days to fledging. There is usually one brood per year, but females may sometimes lay and incubate a second clutch within 100 m of the first nest while the male feeds young at the first site. The young are semiprecocial. An adult disturbed on the nest tumbles and opens its mouth, hissing, apparently imitating a snake.Breeding is from March to August in the south of the range, and late May to September further north.The genus name Phalaenoptilus is a compound of Greek phalaina, moth and ptilon, feather. The species name nuttallii honors English-born American ornithologist Thomas Nuttall.".
- Common_poorwill binomialAuthority John_James_Audubon.
- Common_poorwill class Bird.
- Common_poorwill conservationStatus "LC".
- Common_poorwill conservationStatusSystem "IUCN3.1".
- Common_poorwill family Nightjar.
- Common_poorwill kingdom Animal.
- Common_poorwill order Caprimulgiformes.
- Common_poorwill phylum Chordate.
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- Common_poorwill binomial "Phalaenoptilus nuttallii".
- Common_poorwill binomialAuthority "Audubon, 1844".
- Common_poorwill classis Bird.
- Common_poorwill description "A recording of a common poorwill calling in Great Basin National Park, Nevada".
- Common_poorwill familia Nightjar.
- Common_poorwill filename "Common Poorwill Great Basin National Park.ogg".
- Common_poorwill genus "Phalaenoptilus".
- Common_poorwill genusAuthority "Ridgway, 1880".
- Common_poorwill hasPhotoCollection Common_poorwill.
- Common_poorwill ordo Caprimulgiformes.
- Common_poorwill phylum Chordate.
- Common_poorwill pos "right".
- Common_poorwill regnum "Animalia".
- Common_poorwill species "P. nuttallii".
- Common_poorwill status "LC".
- Common_poorwill statusSystem "IUCN3.1".
- Common_poorwill title "Common poorwill call".
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- Common_poorwill subject Category:Fauna_of_Northern_Mexico.
- Common_poorwill subject Category:Native_birds_of_Central_Mexico.
- Common_poorwill subject Category:Native_birds_of_the_Plains-Midwest_(United_States).
- Common_poorwill subject Category:Native_birds_of_the_Western_United_States.