Birds of Seabrook Island
COAST BIRDS
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WORLD BIRDS
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ANECDOTES
Species Acct.
▲ Loons
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▲ Procellarids
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▲ Goatsuckers
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▲ Woodpckrs
▲ Flycatchers
▲ Shrikes
▲ Vireos
▲ Crows/Jays
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▲ Tits
▲ Nuthatches
▲ Creepers
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▲ Gnatcatchers
▲ Thrushes
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▲ Starlings
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▲ Waxwings
▲ NW Warblers
▲ Tanagers
▲ NWSparrows
▲ Cardinalines
▲ Icterids
▲ Finches
▲ OWSparrows
Family Caprimulgidae - Nighthawks and Nightjars
Subfamily Chordeilinae - Nighthawks, Chordeiles
The Encyclopedia of Life includes goatsuckers in the Strigiformes.
Nighthawks and Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long wings and short legs. They are crepuscular or nocturnal (although the nighthawk may be active during the day) and feed on large flying insects.
Nighthawks are often seen (and heard) flying over the dunes and the maritime shrub-scrub forest behind the beach during the late afternoon or on darker days.
OCCURRENCE? - Hypothetical
OPEN COUNTRY
The Lesser Nighthawk is relatively longer tailed with less pointed wingtips. This species lacks the diving display of the Common Nighthawk and is silent in flight. It is a bird from the southwest and Mexico. It inhabits open country, desert regions, scrub, savanna, and cultivated areas primarily in arid habitats.
Avendex: No records.
Potter: One record, Carteret Co., NC, December 1998.
KEY: ■ Seabrook list □ Kiawah list