Alias:Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Outline:Woodbird
Family:
length:About 20 cm
Weight:No textual research information is available
Life:No textual research information is available
IUCN:LC
Its scientific name was Phalaenoptilus nuttallii, and its foreign name was Caprimulgidae.
The weak nighthawk breeds in arid areas west of the Mississippi River in the United States and north to British Columbia in Canada. The eggs are laid on the ground, and each egg is white. Winters from California to central Mexico. The weak nighthawk is one of the few species of birds that hibernate. In 1948, Dr. Edmund Jaeger first described the phenomenon of the weak nighthawk hibernating. When winter comes, the weak nighthawk will find a rock crevices or rotten wood caves to hide and hibernate. During hibernation, their energy expenditure is only 7% of normal, and they remain in a deep hibernation state for weeks or months. Once hibernation is over, it can take up to seven hours for them to regain normal mobility.
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