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Antrostomus ridgwayi

Nelson, 1897

Buff-collared Nightjar

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.102526
Element CodeABNTA07060
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderCaprimulgiformes
FamilyCaprimulgidae
GenusAntrostomus
Synonyms
Caprimulgus ridgwayi(Nelson, 1897)
Other Common Names
Engoulevent de Ridgway (FR) Tapacamino Tu-Cuchillo (ES)
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Taxonomic Comments
Formerly merged with Caprimulgus, but now treated as a separate genus on the basis of genetic data (Han et al. 2010) (AOU 2012).
Conservation Status
Review Date1996-12-02
Change Date1996-12-02
Range Extent Comments
RESIDENT: southern Sonora, Sinaloa and Durango south through western Mexico and southern parts of Central Plateau to Morelos, Oaxaca and Chiapas; portions of Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Occurs in summer (may breed) in southeastern Arizona and extreme southwestern New Mexico (AOU 1983)
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Open woodland, including scrub, second-growth woodland, deciduous forest, and hillsides with scattered trees, more freq. in arid situations (Tropical and Subtropical zones) (AOU 1983). Also rocky slopes. Typically roosts on ground. Nests on the ground.

Ecology

Territories 100-150 meters long (Bowers and Dunning 1997).
Terrestrial Habitats
Woodland - HardwoodWoodland - ConiferWoodland - MixedShrubland/chaparralOld fieldBare rock/talus/scree
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN2B
ProvinceRankNative
ArizonaS2Yes
Roadless Areas (1)
Arizona (1)
AreaForestAcres
TumacacoriCoronado National Forest44,594
References (13)
  1. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1983. Check-list of North American Birds, 6th edition. Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas. 877 pp.
  2. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in <i>The Auk</i>]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
  3. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). Chesser, R.T., R.C. Banks, F.K. Barker, C. Cicero, J.L. Dunn, A.W. Kratter, I.J. Lovette, P.C. Rasmussen, J.V. Remsen, Jr., J.D. Rising, D.F. Stotz, and K. Winker. 2012. Fifty-third supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk 129(3):573-588.
  4. BirdLife International. 2004b. Threatened birds of the world 2004. CD ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  5. Bowers, R. K., and J. B. Dunning. 1997. Buff-collared Nightjar (<i>Caprimulgus ridgwayi</i>). No. 267 IN: A. Poole, P. Stettenheim, and F. Gill (editors). The birds of North America. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, DC. 16pp.
  6. Han, K.-L., M. B. Robbins, and M. J. Braun. 2010. A multi-gene estimate of phylogeny in the nightjars and nighthawks (Caprimulgidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55:443-453.
  7. Kalcounis, M. C., R. D. Csada, and R. M. Brigham. 1992. The status and distribution of the Common Poorwill in the Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan. Blue Jay 50:38-44.
  8. Nicholson, C. P. 1980. Strip mine and deciduous woodlot. P. 67 in W. T. Van Velzen, editor. Forty-third breeding bird census. American Birds 34:14-106.
  9. Parker III, T. A., D. F. Stotz, and J. W. Fitzpatrick. 1996. Ecological and distributional databases for neotropical birds. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  10. Poole, A. F. and F. B. Gill. 1992. The birds of North America. The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. and The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
  11. Slack, R. S., and B. J. Root. 1980. Pitch pine-oak forest. P. 57 IN: W. T. Van Velzen, editor. Forty-third breeding bird census. American Birds 34:41-106.
  12. Terres, J. K. 1980. The Audubon Society encyclopedia of North American birds. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
  13. Webster, J. D. 1980. Red pine plantation. P. 62 in W. T. Van Velzen, editor. Forty-third breeding bird census. American Birds 34:14-106.