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Caprimulgus vociferus (Whip-poor-will)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The eastern whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) is a medium-sized (22–27 cm) nightjar from North America. The whip-poor-will is commonly heard within its range, but less often seen because of its superior camouflage. It is named onomatopoeically after its song.
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Infraspecies

Caprimulgus vociferus arizonae
Caprimulgus vociferus chiapensis
Caprimulgus vociferus noctitherus
Caprimulgus vociferus oaxacae
Caprimulgus vociferus setosus
Caprimulgus vociferus vermiculatus
Caprimulgus vociferus vociferus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
25
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.90202
EDGE Score: 2.38895
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  53 grams
Birth Weight [2]  5 grams
Female Weight [1]  57 grams
Male Weight [1]  50 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  14 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  100 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  50 %
Forages - Understory [3]  20 %
Forages - Ground [3]  20 %
Forages - Water Surface [3]  10 %
Clutch Size [4]  1
Clutches / Year [2]  2
Incubation [2]  19 days
Mating Display [5]  Ground display
Maximum Longevity [2]  15 years
Nocturnal [6]  Yes

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

Range Map

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Cink, C. L. 2002. Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus). In The Birds of North America, no. 620 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Birds of North America, Philadelphia.
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 5Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 6Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-03-21; License: CC BY 4.0