are nightjars an endangered species?

Question

i found one and now i dont really know what to do? its kinda weird to find one in a city.... plz help.. what should i do?

Answer 1

click here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightjar

late the bird free.She knew better what to do if can fly

Answer 2

I'm trying to figure out your location, the specifics, and your motives.

If you live in the US, where the endangered species act is applicable, then you must be in a southern state, most of the various species of nightjars have already migrated south, except for florida, texas, or the southwest.

If you're talking about a long-tailed or large-tailed nightjar, maybe you live in Australia, where they have their own rules.

If you found the bird and it's injured, you should try to find a wildlife rehabilitator.

If you found the bird and want to keep it, think again.

That link somebody just posted is for a Puerto Rican Nightjar, which I doubt you have. However, although most other nightjars are not endangered, migrating birds are protected and it's illegal to have one without permits.

Answer 3

I have been a volunteer with a local wildlife center for 14 years.

Nightjars are in fact listed as an endangered species as of today, November 11th 2006.

You can visit the following web site to view this information:

http://ecos.fws.gov/species_profile/servlet/gov.doi.species_profile.servlets.SpeciesProfile?spcode=B04J

Nightjars are nocturnal and eat when it gets dark. They eat while in flight. They are bug eaters.

If you find a sick or injured Nightjar, carefully put this animal in a cardboard box with something soft to lay on. Make sure you have small holes poked in the box to keep it from suffocating. Contact your local wildlife center to make arrangements to get the Nightjar to them so they can work on rehabilitating the bird and get it back into the wild. :-)

Answer 4

The nightjar is not an endangered species however as its name suggests it fly mainly at dusk or night, therefore not commonly seem by day time viewers.
I is a beautiful little bird with earthy colour on its body to help in camouflaging it during the day.

Answer 5

no they are not endangered, but you need to get it to a wildlife rehab where they can properly care for it. These birds do go into sort of a hibernation (torpor) for the winter. Could it be that is why you were able to handle this bird....because it was in a torpor?? It is illegal for you to have such a bird in your possession. ALL birds are protected by law, endangered or not. Please google a rehab in your area or call a local vet or animal control who may be able to help you figure out where to take the bird.

Answer 6

Good on you for caring. These sites explain all about what to do for orphan and injured birds -
http://www.crowsystems.com/rehab/babybird.html - this is an excellent article - be sure to read down the entire page for info on how to care.
http://besgroup.blogspot.com/2006/02/what-happened-when-nestling-fell-out.html
http://www.stokesbirdsathome.com/q&a/archive/qa108.html
And these Yahoo Answers too -
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006050608886
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aq1GdvtmX27UJrgshR77Jersy6IX?qid=20060711181307AAZ59uh

I've got a lot of links to wildlife carers from a lot of countries on my site, at
http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/links.html under "Wildlife Assistance" - just click on them all, click on your country and state, have a browse, 'phone them and ask their advice.

Very very best of luck.