Eastern WhippoorwillBY:DEVYN

The Eastern Whippoorwill is known as the bird you can hear, but can

never see.

Protection:With the Eastern Whippoorwill having the feather color of leaves and nature, it allows themselves to become camouflaged into the leaves. With them being unnoticeable, their predators will have a harder time finding them and killing them.

Reproduction:The Eastern Whippoorwill hatches eggs. They lay their eggs on dead leaves or decayed wood. They lay at least two eggs at a time.

Interesting Facts:The male Eastern whippoorwill’s investigate intruders near their nest by hovering in place with their body vertical and their tail wide to show off their broad white tips of tail feathers. Another interesting fact is that they don’t construct nests.

Enemies:

The Eastern whippoorwill’s predators are the feral cats and dogs.

Anatomy:The Eastern Whippoorwill has an distinct body shape. They are 22-26 CM long. They weigh 43-64 grams. They have a large flat head with large dark eyes. They are nearly invisible and are very slow and silent. Their legs are very small and seldom seen. They also have a very small bill.

Habitat:The Eastern Whippoorwill lives in a dry open woodlands and clearing. They live in pine barriers and oak glades.

Diet:The Eastern Whippoorwill eats moths (left), Night flying beetles (middle), and many different kinds of insects (right).

Why are they endangered?The Eastern Whippoorwill is endangered from habitat loss, degradation, deforestation, and predatoration by feral cats and dogs.

Causes of deforestation:Causes of deforestation is from agriculture, livestock production, wood harvested for fuel, and expansion of shifting.

What can we do to help stop its endangerment?Having forest management, conservation, and preservation, this can help stop the Eastern Whippoorwill’s endangerment.

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