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The Chocó poorwill is 19.5 to 22.5 cm (7.7 to 8.9 in) long; one female weighed 52 g (1.8 oz). Adults are generally variations on dark brown. The head is grayish with many black spots, the back grayish with cinnamon and rufous speckles, and the rump browner with grayish white speckles. The wings are brown to dark brown with tawny, cinnamon, and rufous spots and speckles and two prominent white spots. The chin is dark brown with cinnamon speckles and the throat has a large white patch. Voice: The Chocó poorwill's song is "a resonant, whistled rhythmic kwor kwor kwor kweeér". It also makes "frog-like notes such as kwok or kwi-kwok, and a klaw".
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When to see the Choco Poorwill
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Choco Poorwill
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Choco Poorwill
The Chocó poorwill is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
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Easily confused with
Eared PoorwillNyctiphrynus mcleodiiThe eared poorwill is 20 to 21 cm (7.9 to 8.3 in) long.
Yucatan PoorwillNyctiphrynus yucatanicusThe Yucatan poorwill is 19.5 to 22 cm (7.7 to 8.7 in) long, making it the smallest species of nightjar in the Yucatán Peninsula.
Ocellated PoorwillNyctiphrynus ocellatusThe ocellated poorwill is 20 to 21 cm (7.9 to 8.3 in) long.
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