Lesser Nighthawk

• Scientific Name: Chordeiles Acutipennis
• Common Name: Lesser Nighthawk
• Diet: insects
• Color: gray
• Size: 9 inches
• Active Period: Summer
• Habitat: widespread
• Field Identification: white band across throat, white bands under wings close to wing tips (prominent in flight), active at dusk and dawn
• Nest: scrape on ground
• Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
• Genus: Chordeiles
• Family: Caprimulgidae (goatsuckers)
• Order: Caprimulgiformes
• Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
• Species: acutipennis