Caprimulgidae
Bird family with 98 species
Species
Andaman Nightjar
(Caprimulgus andamanicus)
Anthony's Nightjar
(Nyctidromus anthonyi)
Antillean Nighthawk
(Chordeiles gundlachii)
Archbold's Nightjar
(Eurostopodus archboldi)
Band-tailed Nighthawk
(Nyctiprogne leucopyga)
Band-winged Nightjar
(Systellura longirostris)
Bates's Nightjar
(Caprimulgus batesi)
Blackish Nightjar
(Nyctipolus nigrescens)
Bonaparte's Nightjar
(Caprimulgus concretus)
Brown Nightjar
(Veles binotatus)
Buff-collared Nightjar
(Antrostomus ridgwayi)
Cayenne Nightjar
(Setopagis maculosa)
Chirruping Nightjar
(Caprimulgus griseatus)
Choco Poorwill
(Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi)
Chuck-will's-widow
(Antrostomus carolinensis)
Collared Nightjar
(Gactornis enarratus)
Common Nighthawk
(Chordeiles minor)
Common Poorwill
(Phalaenoptilus nuttallii)
Cuban Nightjar
(Antrostomus cubanensis)
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar
(Caprimulgus donaldsoni)
Dusky Nightjar
(Antrostomus saturatus)
Eared Poorwill
(Nyctiphrynus mcleodii)
Eastern Whip-poor-will
(Antrostomus vociferus)
Egyptian Nightjar
(Caprimulgus aegyptius)
European Nightjar
(Caprimulgus europaeus)
Fiery-necked Nightjar
(Caprimulgus pectoralis)
Freckled Nightjar
(Caprimulgus tristigma)
Golden Nightjar
(Caprimulgus eximius)
Great Eared Nightjar
(Lyncornis macrotis)
Grey Nightjar
(Caprimulgus jotaka)
Hispaniolan Nightjar
(Antrostomus ekmani)
Indian Nightjar
(Caprimulgus asiaticus)
Jamaican Poorwill
(Siphonorhis americana)
Jerdon's Nightjar
(Caprimulgus atripennis)
Jungle Nightjar
(Caprimulgus indicus)
Ladder-tailed Nightjar
(Hydropsalis climacocerca)
Large-tailed Nightjar
(Caprimulgus macrurus)
Least Nighthawk
(Chordeiles pusillus)
Least Poorwill
(Siphonorhis brewsteri)
Lesser Nighthawk
(Chordeiles acutipennis)
Little Nightjar
(Setopagis parvula)
Long-tailed Nightjar
(Caprimulgus climacurus)
Long-trained Nightjar
(Hydropsalis forcipata)
Lyre-tailed Nightjar
(Uropsalis lyra)
Madagascar Nightjar
(Caprimulgus madagascariensis)
Malaysian Eared Nightjar
(Lyncornis temminckii)
Mees's Nightjar
(Caprimulgus meesi)
Mexican Whip-poor-will
(Antrostomus arizonae)
Montane Nightjar
(Caprimulgus poliocephalus)
Nacunda Nighthawk
(Chordeiles nacunda)
Nechisar Nightjar
(Caprimulgus solala)
New Caledonian Nightjar
(Eurostopodus exul)
Nubian Nightjar
(Caprimulgus nubicus)
Ocellated Poorwill
(Nyctiphrynus ocellatus)
Palau Nightjar
(Caprimulgus phalaena)
Papuan Nightjar
(Eurostopodus papuensis)
Pauraque
(Nyctidromus albicollis)
Pennant-winged Nightjar
(Caprimulgus vexillarius)
Philippine Nightjar
(Caprimulgus manillensis)
Plain Nightjar
(Caprimulgus inornatus)
Plain-tailed Nighthawk
(Nyctiprogne vielliardi)
Prigogine's Nightjar
(Caprimulgus prigoginei)
Puerto Rican Nightjar
(Antrostomus noctitherus)
Pygmy Nightjar
(Nyctipolus hirundinaceus)
Red-necked Nightjar
(Caprimulgus ruficollis)
Roraiman Nightjar
(Tepuiornis whitelyi)
Rufous Nightjar
(Antrostomus rufus)
Rufous-bellied Nighthawk
(Lurocalis rufiventris)
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
(Caprimulgus rufigena)
Salvadori's Nightjar
(Caprimulgus pulchellus)
Sand-colored Nighthawk
(Chordeiles rupestris)
Satanic Nightjar
(Eurostopodus diabolicus)
Savanna Nightjar
(Caprimulgus affinis)
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
(Hydropsalis torquata)
Short-tailed Nighthawk
(Lurocalis semitorquatus)
Sickle-winged Nightjar
(Eleothreptus anomalus)
Silky-tailed Nightjar
(Antrostomus sericocaudatus)
Slender-tailed Nightjar
(Caprimulgus clarus)
Solomons Nightjar
(Eurostopodus nigripennis)
Sombre Nightjar
(Caprimulgus fraenatus)
Spot-tailed Nightjar
(Antiurus maculicaudus)
Spotted Nightjar
(Eurostopodus argus)
Square-tailed Nightjar
(Caprimulgus fossii)
Standard-winged Nightjar
(Caprimulgus longipennis)
Star-spotted Nightjar
(Caprimulgus stellatus)
Sulawesi Nightjar
(Caprimulgus celebensis)
Swallow-tailed Nightjar
(Uropsalis segmentata)
Swamp Nightjar
(Caprimulgus natalensis)
Sykes's Nightjar
(Caprimulgus mahrattensis)
Tawny-collared Nightjar
(Antrostomus salvini)
Timor Nightjar
(Caprimulgus ritae)
Todd's Nightjar
(Setopagis heterura)
Tschudi's Nightjar
(Quechuavis decussata)
White-tailed Nightjar
(Hydropsalis cayennensis)
White-throated Nightjar
(Eurostopodus mystacalis)
White-winged Nightjar
(Eleothreptus candicans)
Yucatan Nightjar
(Antrostomus badius)
Yucatan Poorwill
(Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus)
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