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| Caprimulgus carolinensis |
JF Gmelin, 1789 |
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Family: Caprimulgidae |
Order: Caprimulgiformes |
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Chuck-will's-widow |
Engoulevent de Caroline |
Chotacabras de la Carolina |
Carolinanachtschwalbe |
| Migration: intercontinental |
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Migratory, males generally moving before females. Begins arriving in N parts of range by mid-late Mar.
Occasionally found N of normal breeding range, and perhaps also occurs N and West Indies to N South
America. Vagrants recorded on St Martin, St Berthélemy and Barbuda. Adults tend to winter in Greater Antilles,
immatures in Central & South America. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1999)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1999) - www.hbw.com,
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |