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Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

A summer resident that nests in Florida. Found in all 67 counties, across 25 habitats.

Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
25

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
25
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Florida 25

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 25

Coastal dunes and beaches

White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola
SummerAtlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach; Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation; Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach; Southwest Florida Beach; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland; Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland; East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal WetlandGeorge Catlin, White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola (1834-35): high white dunes with scattered clumps of dune plants above the Gulf. Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola, FloridaWhite Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola, George Catlin (1796-1872), 1834-1835. Public domain. Source record.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

SummerDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Disturbed, Non-specific; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Coastal Plain hammocks

In the Jungle, Florida
SummerBeside its main habitat.Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Hydric HammockWinslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida (1904): cabbage palms, saw palmetto and fallen trunks in a dense, shady hammock, with a wildcat in the branches. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Winslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida, 1904)In the Jungle, Florida, Winslow Homer, 1904. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)

On the San Sebastian River, Floridalabel QS:Len,"On the San Sebastian River, Florida"
SummerBeside its main habitat.Martin Johnson Heade, On the San Sebastian River (c. 1883-90): a tidal river winding through flat marsh under storm clouds at sunset. San Sebastian River, St. Augustine, FloridaOn the San Sebastian River, Floridalabel QS:Len,"On the San Sebastian River, Florida", Martin Johnson Heade, c. 1883-1890. Public domain. Source record.

Freshwater marshes

The Great Florida Marsh
SummerBeside its main habitat.Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier; Floridian Highlands Freshwater MarshMartin Johnson Heade, The Great Florida Marsh (1886): open marsh and lily-dotted water beneath live oaks and cabbage palms. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Heade, The Great Florida Marsh, 1886; North Carolina Museum of Art)The Great Florida Marsh, Martin Johnson Heade, 1886. Public domain. Source record.

Pine flatwoods

Georgia Pines
SummerBeside its main habitat.East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods; Central Florida Pine Flatwoods; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine FlatwoodsGeorge Inness, Georgia Pines (1890): tall, straight pines over an open, grassy floor in a south Georgia pine woods. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Georgia pine woods (George Inness, 1890; site not named), a neighboring state.Georgia Pines, George Inness (1825-1894), 1890. Public domain. Source record.

Pine savannas

Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida
SummerBeside its main habitat.East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and FlatwoodsGeorge Catlin, Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida (1834-35): an open grassy savanna with a shallow pond, ringed by tall pines, with palmettos and red wildflowers. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Pine woods of Florida (George Catlin, 1834-35; Smithsonian American Art Museum)Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida, George Catlin, 1834-1835. Public domain. Source record.

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Florida Sunrisetitle QS:P1476,en:"Florida Sunrise"label QS:Len,"Florida Sunrise"
SummerBeside its main habitat.Open Water (Fresh); Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural LakeshoreMartin Johnson Heade, Florida Sunrise: still water and a palm-fringed shore glowing at dawn. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Heade, Florida Sunrise, c. 1890-1900)Florida Sunrisetitle QS:P1476,en:"Florida Sunrise"label QS:Len,"Florida Sunrise", Martin Johnson Heade, c. 1890-1900. Public domain. Source record.

Sounds, bays and tidal flats

Fort George Island, Florida
SummerBeside its main habitat.Open Water (Brackish/Salt)Thomas Moran, Fort George Island (1878): a tidal shore of wet sand and shallow water at the river mouth, with cabbage palms and a beached ship. Fort George Island, Florida (Thomas Moran, 1878; Smithsonian American Art Museum)Fort George Island, Florida, Thomas Moran, 1878. Public domain. Source record.

Swamps

Florida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha
SummerBeside its main habitat.Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp; Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress DomeFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha (1899): a dark swamp-lined river at sunset, with cypress and hardwoods crowding both banks. Ocklawaha River, FloridaFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha, Detroit Photographic Co. (chromolithograph), 1899. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal Plain seepage bogs

Open, wet, seepage-fed bogs of the Coastal Plain and Sandhills, often with pitcher plants.

SummerBeside its main habitat.Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog

Depression ponds and limesinks

Shallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons.

SummerBeside its main habitat.Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore; Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

SummerBeside its main habitat.

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerBeside its main habitat.Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerBeside its main habitat.Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest

Florida scrub

Evergreen scrub oaks, sand pine and rosemary on deep, white, drought-prone sand ridges, burned rarely but intensely; distinct from the longleaf and turkey oak sandhills.

SummerBeside its main habitat.

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

SummerBeside its main habitat.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Freshwater tidal marshes

Marshes along tidal rivers where the water is fresh but rises and falls with the tide.

SummerBeside its main habitat.Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh; Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

SummerBeside its main habitat.Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock; East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

SummerBeside its main habitat.East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Pocosins and bay forests

Dense evergreen shrub wetlands and bay forests on wet, acid peat of the Coastal Plain.

SummerBeside its main habitat.Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall

Salt and brackish marshes

Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides.

SummerBeside its main habitat.Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh; Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh; Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh; Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh

Sandhills

Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.

SummerBeside its main habitat.Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier

Seeps and springs

Places where groundwater keeps the soil or rock wet, such as seepage slopes and spring runs.

SummerBeside its main habitat.Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall; Central Florida Herbaceous Seep

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

SummerBeside its main habitat.Deciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation
Other habitats in its models (201)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida. Those recorded in Florida first, the rest by region.

In Florida 1

  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer.
Elsewhere in the South (101)
  • Appalachian Shale Barrens Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer.
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Cumberland Riverscour Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Chalk Bluff Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Louisiana Beach Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer.
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer.
  • Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Granitic Dome Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Cliff Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Rocky Summit Summer.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
  • Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Interior Acid Cliff Summer.
  • Southern Interior Calcareous Cliff Summer.
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Cliff Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Granite Flatrock Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Texas Coastal Bend Beach Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer.
  • Upper Texas Coast Beach Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Summer, beside its main habitat.
Northeast (13)
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer.
  • North-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer.
  • North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
Midwest (12)
  • Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer.
  • Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Summer.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer, beside its main habitat.
Land cover and other classes (74)
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Barren Land Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Developed, High Intensity Summer.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Summer.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Treed Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Open Water (Aquaculture) Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Summer.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer, beside its main habitat.

All habitats

Seasons in Florida

  • Summer: nests here, in all 67 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Florida, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Common Nighthawk uses many habitats in Florida; these are its 3 most characteristic.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 99

Plants 1524

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Florida

Coastal dunes and beaches

Birds 109

Plants 187

All of coastal dunes and beaches in Florida

Swamps

Birds 70

Plants 353

All of swamps in Florida

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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