Birds of North Carolina
their Distribution and Abundance
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CAPRIMULGIDAE Members:
General Comments
Accidental to casual. Remarkably, for a species that breeds in the United States only in the Florida Keys, there are three state records of the Antillean Nighthawk, all from the same site (!) on the Outer Banks (Dare). One was seen and heard by many observers on several evenings flying along dunes near the Cape Hatteras campground near Buxton, from 6-14 Aug 1994*; voice recordings documented the record (Chat 60:145-146). A second bird was seen and photographed in the same general area as the first record, on 23-24 May 1996* (Chat 62:180). Lastly, another bird was seen and heard doing the same thing at the exact same dune line, on 8-15 Aug 2020* (Chat 85:25).
Breeding Status
Nonbreeder
NC BRC List
The species' status on the List of Bird Species of North Carolina: either Definitive, Provisional, or Extinct, as administered by the NC Bird Records Committee. The Provisional List contains species for which there are less than three accepted sight (i.e., non-documented) records. Species of unaccepted origin are not included on the List of Bird Species of North Carolina.
Definitive
State Status
none
U.S. Status
Definitive
State Rank
SA
Global Rank
G4
Coastal Plain
Three records (see above).
Piedmont
No records.
Mountain
No records.
Finding Tips
1/2 *