The Whip-poor-will got it's name from it's song which is a loud "whip-poor-will, with an accent on the first and last syllables.
Whippoorwill is a name of a bird with a rather distinctive call... 'The whippoorwill has a distinctive call'.
A whippoorwill is a nocturnal bird of North America, Latin name Caprimulgus vociferus.
A whippoorwill is a nocturnal bird of North America, Latin name Caprimulgus vociferus.
I would assume that the whippoorwill's bill is the same as other birds'... a NIB.
The only other name I can find is nightjar, which applies to all members of the Caprimulgidae family, such as the nighthawk, and chuck will's widow, as well as the whippoorwill.
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a whippoorwill is about the size of a blue jay
It says its name, whip poor will.
The Whippoorwill Club was created in 1928.
It says it's name. An endlessly repeated "whip, poor, will.
Ozark Mountain Daredevils, the band, wrote a song about it called "Whippoorwill".
A whippoorwill sounds like a person whistling very softly when it sings.