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Chordeiles acutipennis  (Hermann, 1783)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 177988

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Caprimulgus acutipennis Hermann, 1783
 
  Common Name(s): Chotacabras menor [Spanish]
 
    Lesser Nighthawk [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderCaprimulgiformes   
                            FamilyCaprimulgidae  – Nightjars  
                               GenusChordeiles Swainson, 1832 – Nighthawks  
                                  SpeciesChordeiles acutipennis (Hermann, 1783) – Chotacabras menor, Lesser Nighthawk  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Chordeiles acutipennis acutipennis (Hermann, 1783)  
                                     Subspecies Chordeiles acutipennis aequatorialis Chapman, 1923  
                                     Subspecies Chordeiles acutipennis crissalis A. H. Miller, 1959  
                                     Subspecies Chordeiles acutipennis exilis (R. Lesson, 1839)  
                                     Subspecies Chordeiles acutipennis littoralis Brodkorb, 1940  
                                     Subspecies Chordeiles acutipennis micromeris Oberholser, 1914  
                                     Subspecies Chordeiles acutipennis texensis Lawrence, 1857  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Chordeiles acutipennis    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Chordeiles acutipennis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Lesser Nighthawk[English]   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Chotacabras menor[Spanish]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (v 8.2), website (version 8.2), website (version 8.2)  
  Acquired: 2018   
  Notes: Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2018. IOC World Bird List (v 8.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 26 Jun, 2018]   
  Reference for: Chordeiles acutipennis, Lesser Nighthawk [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chordeiles acutipennis   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2018.02.01, website (version 01-Feb-18)  
  Acquired: 2018   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Chordeiles acutipennis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chordeiles acutipennis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Chordeiles acutipennis, Lesser Nighthawk [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Incidental  
    Canada, Incidental  
    Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

   

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