. Birds in Kansas. Birds -- Kansas Identification. GOATSUCKERS 349 Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii (Audubon) Status: The Common Poorwill is a locally common transient and summer resident. Its present breeding range is unknown, but records show it as breeding sporadically from the eastern to the western borders of the Period of Occurrence: There are records for this goatsucker from 12 April to 2 November and one L^4d~T5 from a Christmas bird count in Barber County on 23 December 1976. More information is needed. Breeding: This mainly western species has been recorded nesting as
. Birds in Kansas. Birds -- Kansas Identification. GOATSUCKERS 349 Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii (Audubon) Status: The Common Poorwill is a locally common transient and summer resident. Its present breeding range is unknown, but records show it as breeding sporadically from the eastern to the western borders of the Period of Occurrence: There are records for this goatsucker from 12 April to 2 November and one L^4d~T5 from a Christmas bird count in Barber County on 23 December 1976. More information is needed. Breeding: This mainly western species has been recorded nesting as far east as Anderson, Franklin, and Doniphan counties and in fact may be a more common breeding bird of the Flint Hills region than the western part of Kansas. In the east, it seems to prefer upland areas with exposed outcrops of gravel and rock. In the west, it frequents scrubby woodland. Seibel (1975) describes a nest site in Cowley County as "located on top of the highest hill in the area, a rocky, grassy plate about 200 yards above the woods bordering the ; Thompson has noted the species at the Winfield City Lake, Cowley County, almost always where grass intermingled with rocky areas. Their clutch size is two eggs, which are white with no spotting. The incubation period is about 18 days. The adults are well camouflaged and will wait until almost stepped on before taking wing. The young birds may leave the actual nest but remain nearby. Habits and Habitat: The Common Poorwill apparendy occurs primar- ily in central and western Kansas, but adequate information is lacking on its range in the east. It commonly sits in the middle of the road late at night, and when car lights shine upon it, its eyes seem to be disembodied red patches. Their name comes from the characteristic call "poorwill" heard at dusk and well into the night. In fact, these birds are heard more often than seen. In the east, grassland seems to be the favorite habitat, and in the west
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