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Scientific Name
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii nuttallii
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii nuttallii (Audubon, 1844)
Park
Grand Canyon National Park (GRCA)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Common Poorwill
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus | Phalaenoptilus |
| Species | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii |
| Subspecies | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii nuttallii |
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
A fairly common summer resident of slopes and hillsides with pinyon-juniper woodlands and Great Basin grasslands and desertscrub. It is a rare spring and fall migrant along the Colorado River. There is one winter record of a bird seen at RM 246 on upper Lake Mead on 22 Feb 1999 (Lara L. Dickson, Roger K. Radd, Charles T. LaRue). Data source: Gatlin, BP. 2011. Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Grand Canyon Region. 3rd edition.
Nativeness
Native
Abundance
Common
Seasonality Tags
- Breeder
Geographic Regions Tags
- Park Wide
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
0
Vouchers
7
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
MTerwilliger@nps.gov
Created Date
8/15/2016 9:57:31 AM
Last Modified By
lpross@nps.gov
Last Modified Date
8/23/2016 2:20:53 PM
Notes
Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) * Common Poorwill is a fairly common summer resident of slopes and hillsides with pinyon-juniper woodlands and Great Basin grasslands and desertscrub. It is a rare spring and fall migrant along the Colorado River. There is one winter record of a bird seen at RM 246 on upper Lake Mead on 22 Feb 1999 (Lara L. Dickson, Roger K. Radd, Charles T. LaRue). Data source: Gatlin, BP. 2011. Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Grand Canyon Region. 3rd edition.
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