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The Common Nighthawk Picture source Source 1 Source 2
 * **Common name:** Common Nighthawk
 * **Scientific name:** Chordeiles minor
 * **Natural habitat:** live in a variety of open habitats, from shrub-steppe, grassland, and agricultural fields to cities, clear-cuts, and burns.
 * **Niche:** eat flying insects, but only the ones that itself prayed; Length: 9 inches Wingspan: 23 inches; need to have abundant flying insects and open gravel surfaces for nesting on its habitat; The two eggs are laid directly on sand or gravel with no nest. The female does most of the incubation, which lasts for 18 to 20 days. Crows and ravens, owls, American kestrels, skunks, snakes, house-catscoyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs are predators of common nighthawks.
 * **Why is this animal endangered:** the result of many different human activities. Pesticides used in cities and on farms poison common nighthawks. The gravel roofs that many common nighthawks nest on are being replaced by rubber roofs. Common nighthawks that nest in cities are also in danger of predation by house-cats and other species. Common nighthawks are sometimes killed by vehicles when roosting or feeding along roadways.
 * **Current population size:** in Canada is estimated at 400000 breeding adults.
 * **Conservation efforts:** some little protection organizations, nothing legit.
 * **How will the future ecosystem be affected if the species goes extinct:** The species prayed by them will have an increase in its population and its predators will have to compete for other animal against other predators consequently lowering its population size.