Chuck-will's-widow
Antrostomus carolinensis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 3,412
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis) is a nocturnal bird of the nightjar family Caprimulgidae. It is mostly found in the southeastern United States (with disjunct populations in Long Island, New York; Ontario, Canada; and Cape Cod, Massachusetts) near swamps, rocky uplands, and pine woods. It migrates to the West Indies, Central America, and northwestern South America.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Chuck-will's-widow”.