Antillean Nighthawk
Common
Name: Antillean Nighthawk
(ANNI)
Scientific
Name:
Chordeiles
gundlachii
Global/Continental
Conservation Status: Not on IUCN 2004 Red List
National-level
Conservation Status:
Nothing other than coverage under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Key
Reference(s):
BNA No. 619 (Guzy 2002)
Distribution:
Breeds in the Florida Keys, the
Bahamas
, Greater Antilles (east to the Virgin Islands, including small cays off
Cuba
, Gonave, and Tortue) and Cayman Islands; also on the s
Florida
mainland (AOU 1998)
Habitat
Associations:
Second-growth Scrub, Arid Lowland Scrub (0 – 600 m) (AOU 1998).
Source(s)
of Research/monitoring Needs: BNA No. 619 (Guzy 2002);
PIF Monitoring Needs document (Partners in Flight Science Committee 2004)
PIF
Continental Plan Monitoring Needs Category: Mo1 (Essentially no data on
population trend); Mo4 (2/3 or more of the Western Hemisphere breeding
range is south of
U.S.
(PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
RESEARCH/MONITORING NEEDS (source(s) of needs)
Monitoring
- Priority
monitoring action – Conduct Caribbean surveys (PIF Monitoring Needs
doc)
- Second
priority monitoring action – Conduct species-specific surveys in the
U.S.
(PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
- High
priority candidate for rapid status assessment (PIF Monitoring Needs
doc); (similar) Conservation status of ANNI is unknown; there is a
need for baseline data for comparisons in identifying population
changes) (BNA)
Species
Interactions
- Work
on sympatry between ANNI & Common Nighthawk and interactions
between them (BNA)
Wintering
- Identify
ANNI wintering grounds (BNA)
Genetics/Taxonomy/Systematics
- Most
important – confirm the taxonomic status of ANNI - is it truly
separate from Common Nighthawk? (BNA)
[Link
to References]
[Link
to PIF Bird Conservation Plans]
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