
Nighthawk
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Scientific name | Chordeilinae |
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Rank | Subfamily |
Length | Common nighthawk |
Higher classification | Nightjars |
Mass | Common nighthawk |
Lesser nighthawk | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 897069 |
About Nighthawk
A nighthawk is a nocturnal bird of the subfamily Chordeilinae, within the nightjar family, Caprimulgidae, native to the western hemisphere. The term "nighthawk", first recorded in the King James Version of 1611, was originally a local name in England for the European nightjar.