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Mexican species
       
Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)
Mexico The Mexican Republic Aguascalientes Baja California Guadalupe Baja California Sur Campeche Chiapas Chihuahua Coahuila Colima Revillagigedos Revillagigedos Ciudad de México Durango Guanajuato Guerrero Hidalgo Jalisco México Michoacán Morelos Nayarit Tres Marías Nuevo León Oaxaca Puebla Querétaro Quintana Roo Cozumel San Luis Potosí Sinaloa Sonora Tabasco Tamaulipas Tlaxcala Veracruz Yucatán Zacatecas
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The map shows the number of species registered per state and entire Mexico. Click each of the states to see the list.

Island species (Guadalupe, Revillagigedos, Tres Marías and Cozumel), are included in the respective state lists (Baja California, Colima, Nayarit and Quintana Roo).
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texensis SW US to central Mexico; winters to n Colombia
micromeris N Yucatán Pen., Isla Mujeres and Belize; winters to Panama
littoralis S Mexico to Costa Rica
acutipennis Tropical n South America to n Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil
crissalis SW Colombia
aequatorialis W Colombia, w Ecuador and adjacent nw Peru
exilis W Peru to extreme n Chile
Endemic status Not endemic
Photo Sound Video Yes
Sound Guide Seen often but rarely heard, but has a bubbling trill like European Nightjar. Can probably also remind of Vermiculated, western and Eastern Screech-Owls, though the quality is less stable and the tone tends to move up and down.
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