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Chordeiles acutipennis
Quite hard to distinguish from Common Nighthawk, the wingtips are less pointed and the white bar is closer to the wingtips in flight. During the daytime, this species can be commonly found roosting on mangrove branches like this. When roosting, the wingtips reach the tip of the tail, not past it. They are arial insectivores, feeding of insects that they snatch from the air with their extremely large mouths.
mangrove swamp
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