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Antillean Nighthawk

Animals; Birds

The Antillean Nighthawk, Chordeiles gundlachii, is a nightjar. Their breeding habitat is open country of the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas and the Florida Keys in the United States.

Black Swift

Animals; Birds

The American Black Swift or more simply Black Swift (Cypseloides niger) is North America’s largest swift. The bird is found from northern British Columbia in Canada through the United States and ...

Common Moorhen

Animals; Birds

The Common Moorhen, or Common Gallinule, (Gallinula chloropus) is a bird in the Rallidae family with an almost worldwide distribution.

Black Crake

Animals; Birds

The Black Crake, Amaurornis flavirostra, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae. It breeds in most of sub-Saharan Africa except in very arid areas.

Corn Crake

Animals; Birds

The Corn Crake (Crex crex), or landrail is a small bird in the family Rallidae. It is monotypical for its genus. Its breeding habitat is not marshes as with most crakes, but, as the name implies, ...

Black Rail

Animals; Birds

The Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) is a mouse-sized member of the Rallidae family of birds. It is found in scattered parts of North America and the Pacific region of South America, usually in ...

Yellow Rail

Animals; Birds

The Yellow Rail, Coturnicops noveboracensis, is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae. Their breeding habitat is wet meadows and shallow marshes across Canada east of the Rockies; also the ...

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