Common Pauraque

Nyctidromus albicollis

The pauraque – also called the common pauraque to distinguish it from similar species – is a nightjar species, one of two birds in the genus Nyctidromus. It breeds in the subtropical and tropical regions of the New World, and except for northernmost birds it is largely resident all year round. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 186,186 times across 23 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 29°C (typically 26 to 30°C, from 14 areas). That holds across 55° of latitude, which suggests its timing follows temperature more than the calendar.

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in South America ranged from 17°S in August to 1°N in March, about 2,000 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.