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Chordeiles minor
Common Nighthawk
Scotts Bluff National Monument
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Chordeiles minor (J. R. Forster, 1771)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Common Nighthawk
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Caprimulgiformes, Family Caprimulgidae, Genus Chordeiles, Species Chordeiles minor


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NE: S5
Evidence:		1 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 5 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park	Acadia National Park
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
Amistad National Recreation Area	Anacostia Park
Antietam National Battlefield	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Arches National Park	Assateague Island National Seashore
Aztec Ruins National Monument	Badlands National Park
Baltimore-Washington National Parkway	Bandelier National Monument
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Big Bend National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big Hole National Battlefield
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Big Thicket National Preserve
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Biscayne National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	Blue Ridge Parkway
Bluestone National Scenic River	Booker T. Washington National Monument
Bryce Canyon National Park	Buffalo National River
Canaveral National Seashore	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Canyonlands National Park	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Capitol Reef National Park	Capulin Volcano National Monument
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Cedar Breaks National Monument
Chaco Culture National Historical Park	Channel Islands National Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Chiricahua National Monument	City Of Rocks National Reserve
Colonial National Historical Park	Colorado National Monument
Congaree National Park	Coronado National Memorial
Crater Lake National Park	Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Devils Postpile National Monument	Devils Tower National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument	Dry Tortugas National Park
Effigy Mounds National Monument	El Malpais National Monument
El Morro National Monument	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	First State National Historical Park
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Davis National Historic Site
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fort Sumter National Historical Park
Fort Union National Monument	Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fossil Butte National Monument	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Carver National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Gettysburg National Military Park	Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve	Glacier National Park
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Golden Spike National Historical Park
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Portage National Monument
Grand Teton National Park	Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Great Basin National Park	Great Falls Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Greenbelt Park	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Hot Springs National Park	Hovenweep National Monument
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Jewel Cave National Monument	John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Joshua Tree National Park	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lava Beds National Monument	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manzanar National Historic Site	Mesa Verde National Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Montezuma Castle National Monument	Moores Creek National Battlefield
Morristown National Historical Park	Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rushmore National Memorial	Natchez Trace Parkway
National Capital Parks-East	Natural Bridges National Monument
Navajo National Monument	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Nez Perce National Historical Park	Ninety Six National Historic Site
Niobrara National Scenic River	North Cascades National Park
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Olympic National Park	Oregon Caves National Monument
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Padre Island National Seashore
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park	Parashant National Monument
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Pecos National Historical Park
Petrified Forest National Park	Petroglyph National Monument
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Pipe Spring National Monument
Pipestone National Monument	Piscataway Park
Redwood National Park	Rock Creek Park
Rocky Mountain National Park	Saguaro National Park
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	San Juan Island National Historical Park
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Stones River National Battlefield	Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tonto National Monument
Tuzigoot National Monument	Valles Caldera National Preserve
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Vicksburg National Military Park
Virgin Islands National Park	Voyageurs National Park
Walnut Canyon National Monument	Weir Farm National Historical Park
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield	Wind Cave National Park
Wupatki National Monument	Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park	Yucca House National Monument
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	11/30/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/25/2025 6:37:16 PM

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