I don' t know much about the range of the whippoorwill, but we have them around here in MO. I always look forward to hearing their serenade while I' m walking into my hunting spot in the dark early in the mornings. Heard a couple of them singin' to me this morning on an outing to scout. When you hear a whippoorwill sing, then followed up by a gobble or two while you' re walking in or sitting there in the dark..... man there ain' t nothin' that' ll put a bigger grin on your face!