Common Nighthawk vs Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Chordeiles minor compared with Diphylla ecaudata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Nighthawk	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caprimulgiformes (Caprimulgiformes)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Caprimulgidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Chordeiles	Diphylla
Species	Chordeiles minor	Diphylla ecaudata

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Nighthawk and Hairy-legged Vampire Bat share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Common Nighthawk

LC — Least Concern

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Nighthawk	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Nighthawk

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, United States, and Venezuela.

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Common Nighthawk

Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇻🇪 Venezuela