Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)

Lesser Nighthawk

Chordeiles acutipennis

(Hermann, J, 1783)
Añapero Chico
Bacurau-de-asa-fina

Family: Caprimulgidae
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Caprimulgus acutipennis.

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Number of Photography: 22

Photography ID: 671096
Adult
Maceio
Alagoas
Brazil
02/03/2026
Eduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira

Photography ID: 641171
Adult
Reservorio Tinajones
Lambayeque
Peru
05/12/2025
Federico J. Villegas

Photography ID: 641170
Adult
Reservorio Tinajones
Lambayeque
Peru
05/12/2025
Federico J. Villegas

Photography ID: 641169
Immature
Reservorio Tinajones
Lambayeque
Peru
05/12/2025
Federico J. Villegas

Photography ID: 639371
Adult
Reservorio Tinajones
Lambayeque
Peru
05/12/2025
Pablo Serur

Photography ID: 532465
Adult
São Roque de Minas
Minas Gerais
Brazil
10/15/2019
Ramon Moller Jensen

Photography ID: 497146
Adult
El Cuyo
Yucatán
Mexico
05/23/2022
Pablo Eguia

Photography ID: 497145
Adult
El Cuyo
Yucatán
Mexico
05/23/2022
Pablo Eguia

Photography ID: 497144
Adult
El Cuyo
Yucatán
Mexico
05/23/2022
Pablo Eguia

Photography ID: 432751
Adult
Rio largo
Alagoas
Brazil
02/09/2021
Eduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira

Photography ID: 384004
Adult
Bosque de Protección de la Bocatoma del Canal de Nuevo Imperial
Lima
Peru
02/16/2020
Rutger Koperdraad

Photography ID: 379499
Adult
Avenida do Farol 53
Bahia
Brazil
01/23/2020
Santiago Juan Torres

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Number of Records: 43

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2427346

03/02/2026

Brazil

Alagoas

Aabb Maceió, Maceio

Eduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira

2398497

14/11/2025

Brazil

Bahia

Aeródromo, Morro de São Paolo, Cairu

Gerardo Lloret

2312132

12/05/2025

Peru

Lambayeque

Reservorio Tinajones

Federico J. Villegas

2305428

12/05/2025

Peru

Lambayeque

Reservorio Tinajones

Pablo Serur

2047374

22/02/2024

Costa Rica

Puntarenas

Ojochal

Marcelo Gavensky

1597366

23/05/2022

Mexico

Yucatán

El Cuyo

Pablo Eguia

1366898

09/02/2021

Brazil

Alagoas

Aeroporto Internacional Zumbi dos Palmares, Rio largo

Eduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira

1199121

16/02/2020

Peru

Lima

Bosque de Protección de la Bocatoma del Canal de Nuevo Imperial

Rutger Koperdraad

1175671

23/01/2020

Brazil

Bahia

Avenida do Farol 53

Santiago Juan Torres

1754033

15/10/2019

Brazil

Minas Gerais

São Roque de Minas

Ramon Moller Jensen

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