Whip-poor-will

Caprimulgus vociferus

Chotacabras Cuerprihuiu

 

Audio (M. Oberle)
 
Photo/Foto: G. Beaton

 

The Whip-poor-will of North America has not been recorded from Puerto Rico, but taxonomists formerly lumped it with the Puerto Rican Nightjar. Length: 22-26 cm.; weight: 43-64 g. However, the Whip-poor-will has a very different three-note song that resembles its name. Audio (M. Oberle).
DISTRIBUTION: Breeds in forests of eastern North America and winters in the southeastern USA south to Panama.

Esta ave no se ha registrado en Puerto Rico pero algunos tax≤nomos en el pasado llegaron a considerar al Guabairo como una forma de esta especie. Tama±o: 22-26 cm.; peso: 43-64 g. Esta ave, sin embargo, tiene un canto muy diferente de tres notas que imita su nombre. Audio (M. Oberle).
DISTRIBUCI╙N: Anida en los bosques del este de AmΘrica del Norte e inverna en el sureste de Estados Unidos, llegando por el sur hasta Panamß.

TAXONOMY/ TAXONOMÍA: CAPRIMULGIFORMES; CAPRIMULGIDAE; Caprimulginae

References/Referencias

Bent, A.C. 1940. Life histories of North American cuckoos, goatsuckers, hummingbirds and their allies. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 176. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1964).

Cink, C. L. 2002. Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus). No. 620 in The Birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Cleere, N. and D. Nurney. 1998. Nightjars: a guide to nightjars and related nightbirds. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, UK, 317 pp.

del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1999. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 5. Barn Owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Line, L. 1998. Goatsuckers get some respect. National Wildlife 37(5):48-51.
 

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