Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Synopsis: Nests throughout the state, although nearly absent from Willamette Valley and parts of the coast.

Habitat Associations:
Associated more with bare areas (clear
cuts, gravel bars, rangeland), than with any
particular vegetation type.
strongest
Mountain Mahogany Shrubland (1378 acres)
Grassland & Fir-Ponderosa Interspersed (333199 acres)
Northeast Modified Grassland (876647 acres)
Edges of Recently Cutover/Burnt Forest (1639920 acres)
Edges of Cropland/Pasture/Orchard (5707154 acres)
Lava/Pumice with Widely Scattered Trees/Shrubs (141088 acres)
Lake/Pond Shoreline & Islands (695704 acres)
strong
Jeffery Pine Forest/Woodland (33153 acres)
W. Juniper Woodland (3563368 acres)
Aspen Groves (22267 acres)
Siskiyou Mtns Shrubland on Serpentine Bedrock (30625 acres)
Sagebrush Steppe (4908458 acres)
Low-Dwarf Sagebrush (363006 acres)
Salt Desert Scrub Shrubland (565821 acres)
Northeast Canyon Grass & Shrubland (371048 acres)
some
Ponderosa Pine Forest/Woodland (4709369 acres)
Ponderosa Pine-W. Juniper Woodland (185603 acres)
Ponderosa-Lodgepole Pine on Pumice (1319064 acres)
Manzanita-dominant Shrubland (7036 acres)
Big Sagebrush Shrubland (11538755 acres)
Bitterbrush-Big Sagebrush Shrubland (151577 acres)
Wet Montane Meadow (2910 acres)
Seasonally Wet Playa (128054 acres)
Western Oregon Riverine Woodland (22437 acres)
Streamside/Wetland Shrubland (1588 acres)
Edges of Freshwater Marsh (19950 acres)
lesser
Sitka Spruce-W. Hemlock Maritime Forest (239254 acres)
Mountain Hemlock Montane Forest (331694 acres)
True Fir-Hemlock Montane Forest (1512467 acres)
Shasta Red Fir-Mountain Hemlock Forest (54084 acres)
Whitebark-Lodgepole Pine Montane Forest (1323 acres)
Ponderosa Pine-dominant Mixed Conifer Forest (419073 acres)
Northeast Mixed Conifer Forest (2966828 acres)
Conifer Woodland on Serpentine Bedrock (21960 acres)
Lodgepole Pine Forest/Woodland (236844 acres)
Subalpine Fir-Lodgepole Pine Montane Conifer (674630 acres)
Douglas Fir-W. Hemlock-W. Red Cedar Forest (6083470 acres)
Douglas Fir-Mixed Deciduous Forest (2934 acres)
Douglas Fir-White Fir/Tanoak-Madrone Mixed Forest (960374 acres)
Douglas Fir/White Oak Forest (177935 acres)
Douglas Fir dominant - Mixed Conifer Forest (2031293 acres)
Red Alder (99897 acres)
Mixed Conifer/Mixed Deciduous Forest (1164826 acres)
Subalpine Grassland (76595 acres)
Subalpine Scattered Trees & Shrubs (68047 acres)
Coastal Headland Grass & Shrubland (2285 acres)
Urban/Residential (473158 acres)


Relative Detectability: Easy to spot flying and calling overhead, but difficult to confirm nesting due to habit of nesting secretively on the ground.

Challenge: Confirm additional breeding sites within Willamette Valley, northern Lake, and southern Deschutes Counties.