Species fact sheet
Caprimulgus carolinensis | JF Gmelin, 1789 | Family: Caprimulgidae | Order: Caprimulgiformes | Back |
Chuck-will's-widow | Carolinanachtschwalbe | Engoulevent de Caroline | Chotacabras de la Carolina |
CMS |
Redlist 2000 (Criteria) |
CITES |
(Europe: SPEC threat status ) |
Migration: intercontinental |
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.
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Recommended link: http://museum.nhm.uga.edu/gawildlife/birds/caprimulgiformes/ccarolinensis.html |
Feedback: mail to Klaus Riede |
Explanatory notes | (Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel) |