Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
Lesser Nighthawk, Cuero y Salado, Honduras, March 2015 - click on image for a larger view Cuero y Salado, Honduras
March 2015

The Lesser Nighthawk is distributed from south-west USA through Central America to tropical South America below about 1,200 metres. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in open country including desert, grassland and agricultural land as well as beaches and, as in this case, mangroves.
Lesser Nighthawk, Cuero y Salado, Honduras, March 2015 - click on image for a larger view It forages in flight for beetles and insects and occasionally forages during the day when it is dull.

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