Status in SE Arizona: Uncommon summer visitor.
Timing: Apr-Sep.
Status in USA: Only in Arizona and small parts of California, New Mexico and Texas. Recently split from Eastern Whip-poor-will.
Habitat/location: Relatively easy to hear at higher elevation forest in the Santa Catalina, Santa Rita, Huachuca and Chiricahua Mountains, but not so easy to see.
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Page updated: July 2015. All photos copyright © Richard P Fray, unless stated