Order: Apodiformes | Family: Caprimulgidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Lima, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Lima, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Lima, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Lima, Peru
Status: The Lesser Nighthawk is uncommon in the dry Marañon drainage, and along the western lowlands and foothills of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, Bo, Ch.
Name in Spanish: Chotacabras Menor.
Sub-species: Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis aequatorialis), Chapman, 1923. W Colombia, W Ecuador to NW Peru.
(Chordeiles acutipennis exilis), Lesson, 1839. W Peru and, rarely, extreme N Chile.
Meaning of Name: Chordeiles: Gr. Khōreo= to travel and deilē= implies in the evening. acutipennis: L. acutus= sharp-pointed and pennis= winged.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.