These fairly common but declining birds make no nest. Their young are so well camouflaged that they’re hard to find, and even the adults seem to vanish as soon as they land.

Audubon’s scientists have used 140 million bird observations and sophisticated climate models to project how climate change will affect the range of the Common Nighthawk.

The common nighthawk resembles both the Antillean nighthawk and the lesser nighthawk and occurs at least seasonally in the entire North American range of both of these species.

The range map depicts the boundary of the species' range, defined as the areas where the species is estimated to occur within at least one week within each season.

Common Nighthawks inhabit old fields, pastures, cultivated areas, prairies, marshes, open pine forest, and beaches. Particularly favored nest sites are on bare, sandy soil and recently …

Mar 19, 2025 · Common Nighthawks breed during the spring and summer months throughout much of North America. Their breeding range extends from southern Canada through the …

The Common Nighthawk is found throughout all of North America during their spring and summer breeding season. These nightjars can be found on the northern tundras, south to the tip of …

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Oct 14, 2025 · Range / Distribution The Common Nighthawk summer (breeds in Canada (Yukon east to Nova Scotia) and throughout most of the United States (except Hawaii). They migrate …

Common nighthawks occur mainly in open, vegetation-free terrains such as recently harvested forests, burnt-over and logged areas, lakeshores, river banks and beaches, dunes, rocky …