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Least poorwill, the Glossary

Index Least poorwill

The least poorwill or least pauraque (Siphonorhis brewsteri) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae, and the only confirmed extant species of its genus.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 21 relations: Barahona Province, Biological specificity, Cactus, Deserts and xeric shrublands, Dominican Republic, Endemism, Extinction, Frank Chapman (ornithologist), Gonâve Island, Habitat destruction, Haiti, Hispaniola, Independencia Province, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Jamaican poorwill, Neontology, Nightjar, Ouest (department), Pedernales Province, Semi-arid climate, Vermiculation.

  2. Birds described in 1917
  3. Endemic birds of Hispaniola
  4. Siphonorhis
  5. Taxa named by Frank Chapman (ornithologist)

Barahona Province

Barahona is a province of the Dominican Republic.

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Biological specificity

Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a biochemical variation to occur in a particular species.

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Cactus

A cactus (cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species of the order Caryophyllales.

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Deserts and xeric shrublands

Deserts and xeric shrublands are a biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

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Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a North American country on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Frank Chapman (ornithologist)

Frank Michler Chapman (June 12, 1864 – November 15, 1945) was an American ornithologist and pioneering writer of field guides.

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Gonâve Island

Gonâve Island or Zil Lagonav (Île de la Gonâve,; also La Gonâve) is an island of Haiti located west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonâve.

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Habitat destruction

Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species.

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Haiti

Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas.

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Hispaniola

Hispaniola (also) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles.

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Independencia Province

Independencia is a province of the Dominican Republic, located in the west, on the border with Haiti.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Jamaican poorwill

The Jamaican poorwill (Siphonorhis americana), also known as the Jamaican pauraque or Jamaican least pauraque, is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. Least poorwill and Jamaican poorwill are Siphonorhis.

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Neontology

Neontology is a part of biology that, in contrast to paleontology, deals with living (or, more generally, recent) organisms.

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Nightjar

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds in the family Caprimulgidae and order Caprimulgiformes, characterised by long wings, short legs, and very short bills.

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Ouest (department)

Ouest (French) or Lwès (Haitian Creole; both meaning "West") is one of the ten departments of Haiti.

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Pedernales Province

Pedernales is the southernmost province of the Dominican Republic, including the offshore island of Isla Beata.

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Semi-arid climate

A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type.

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Vermiculation

Vermiculation is a surface pattern of dense but irregular lines, so called from the Latin vermiculus meaning "little worm" because the shapes resemble worms, worm-casts, or worm tracks in mud or wet sand.

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See also

Birds described in 1917

Endemic birds of Hispaniola

Siphonorhis

Taxa named by Frank Chapman (ornithologist)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_poorwill

Also known as Brewster's Goatsucker, Brewster's Pauraque, Least Pauraque, Siphonorhis brewsteri.