Identification of Nightjars in the Southwestern United States

Lance Benner

Tue, Jun 10, 2025 7:00 PM

Join Lance Benner for an in-depth webinar on the identification of nightjars and nighthawks of the southwestern USA. This talk will discuss detailed identification by sight and sound for species that occur in California: Common Poorwill, Lesser Nighthawk, Common Nighthawk, and Mexican Whip-poor-will. Lance will briefly discuss all the other nightjars elsewhere in the country. Lance will also explore their biology, geographic distributions, habitats, behaviors, conservation status, and gaps in our knowledge. The webinar will make extensive use of audio recordings and sonograms.

So, if you’re looking to expand your birding skills, please join Lance as he provides comprehensive tools for identifying these cryptic species!

The livestream can be found at our YouTube channel.