Caprimulgiformes

Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)

HBW 5, p. 302

Small to large nocturnal birds, with variegated plumage, large mouth, long wings and tail, and short legs.
Cosmopolitan, although absent from polar regions.
Desert, grassland and open wooded country to forest, from sea-level up to 4200 m.
15 genera, 89 species, 221 taxa.
6 species threatened; none definitely extinct since 1600.

List of species:

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2 1 1 8 1 Semi-collared Nighthawk (Lurocalis semitorquatus)
3 2 1 8 2 Rufous-bellied Nighthawk (Lurocalis rufiventris)
2 1 1 8 3 Least Nighthawk (Chordeiles pusillus)
0 6 4 Bahian Nighthawk (Chordeiles vielliardi)
6 6 8 5 Sand-colored Nighthawk (Chordeiles rupestris)
20 7 13 8 6 Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)
14 1 7 6 8 7 Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
5 1 1 3 8 8 Antillean Nighthawk (Chordeiles gundlachii)
5 1 4 8 10 Nacunda Nighthawk (Podager nacunda)
2 1 1 8 9 Band-tailed Nighthawk (Nyctiprogne leucopyga)
1 1 8 11 Spotted Nightjar (Eurostopodus argus)
3 3 8 12 White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)
4 1 3 4 13 Heinrich's Nightjar (Eurostopodus diabolicus)
0 8 14 Papuan Nightjar (Eurostopodus papuensis)
0 8 15 Archbold's Nightjar (Eurostopodus archboldi)
1 1 8 16 Malaysian Eared-nightjar (Eurostopodus temminckii)
1 1 8 17 Great Eared-nightjar (Eurostopodus macrotis)
24 1 4 19 8 18 Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
2 2 8 19 Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii)
0 6 21 Least Poorwill (Siphonorhis brewsteri)
0 8 22 Eared Poorwill (Nyctiphrynus mcleodii)
0 8 23 Yucatan Poorwill (Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus)
1 1 6 25 Choco Poorwill (Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi)
5 1 2 2 8 24 Ocellated Poorwill (Nyctiphrynus ocellatus)
2 1 1 8 26 Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis)
3 1 1 1 8 27 Rufous Nightjar (Caprimulgus rufus)
0 8 28 Cuban Nightjar (Caprimulgus cubanensis)
0 8 29 Hispaniolan Nightjar (Caprimulgus ekmani)
0 8 30 Tawny-collared Nightjar (Caprimulgus salvini)
0 8 31 Yucatan Nightjar (Caprimulgus badius)
1 1 8 32 Silky-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus sericocaudatus)
2 1 1 8 33 Buff-collared Nightjar (Caprimulgus ridgwayi)
2 2 8 34 Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus)
3 1 1 1 2 35 Puerto Rican Nightjar (Caprimulgus noctitherus)
0 8 36 Dusky Nightjar (Caprimulgus saturatus)
5 1 2 2 8 37 Band-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus longirostris)
3 1 2 3 39 White-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus candicans)
6 1 2 3 8 46 Pygmy Nightjar (Caprimulgus hirundinaceus)
3 1 1 1 8 41 Little Nightjar (Caprimulgus parvulus)
3 1 2 8 40 Spot-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus maculicaudus)
2 1 1 8 38 White-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus cayennensis)
0 8 42 Scrub Nightjar (Caprimulgus anthonyi)
0 7 43 Cayenne Nightjar (Caprimulgus maculosus)
6 1 1 4 8 44 Blackish Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigrescens)
0 8 45 Roraiman Nightjar (Caprimulgus whitelyi)
0 8 47 Brown Nightjar (Caprimulgus binotatus)
7 3 4 8 48 Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis)
5 1 3 1 8 49 Jungle Nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus)
6 1 2 3 8 49 European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
1 1 8 51 Sombre Nightjar (Caprimulgus fraenatus)
0 8 52 Rufous-cheeked Nightjar (Caprimulgus rufigena)
1 1 8 53 Egyptian Nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)
3 2 1 8 56 Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus)
1 1 8 54 Sykes' Nightjar (Caprimulgus mahrattensis)
0 7 55 Vaurie's Nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus)
0 8 57 Golden Nightjar (Caprimulgus eximius)
9 2 1 6 8 58 Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)
2 2 8 59 Jerdon's Nightjar (Caprimulgus atripennis)
6 2 4 8 60 Philippine Nightjar (Caprimulgus manillensis)
0 8 61 Sulawesi Nightjar (Caprimulgus celebensis)
2 2 8 62 Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar (Caprimulgus donaldsoni)
0 8 63 Black-shouldered Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigriscapularis)
2 2 8 64 Fiery-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus pectoralis)
2 2 8 65 Abyssinian Nightjar (Caprimulgus poliocephalus)
2 1 1 8 66 Montane Nightjar (Caprimulgus ruwenzorii)
7 1 5 1 8 66 Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus)
2 1 1 8 68 Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis)
1 1 8 69 Swamp Nightjar (Caprimulgus natalensis)
2 2 8 70 Plain Nightjar (Caprimulgus inornatus)
1 1 8 71 Star-spotted Nightjar (Caprimulgus stellatus)
6 1 1 4 8 72 Savanna Nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis)
5 1 4 8 73 Freckled Nightjar (Caprimulgus tristigma)
1 1 4 74 Bonaparte's Nightjar (Caprimulgus concretus)
0 6 75 Salvadori's Nightjar (Caprimulgus pulchellus)
0 3 76 Prigogine's Nightjar (Caprimulgus prigoginei)
3 2 1 8 77 Collared Nightjar (Caprimulgus enarratus)
0 8 78 Bates's Nightjar (Caprimulgus batesi)
4 2 2 8 79 Long-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus climacurus)
11 1 10 8 80 Slender-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus clarus)
3 1 2 8 81 Mozambique Nightjar (Caprimulgus fossii)
1 1 8 83 Pennant-winged Nightjar (Macrodipteryx vexillarius)
5 2 3 8 82 Standard-winged Nightjar (Macrodipteryx longipennis)
2 1 1 8 87 Lyre-tailed Nightjar (Uropsalis lyra)
3 1 2 8 86 Swallow-tailed Nightjar (Uropsalis segmentata)
7 3 4 8 84 Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)
5 1 2 2 8 85 Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata)
2 1 1 8 88 Long-trained Nightjar (Macropsalis forcipata)
3 1 2 6 89 Sickle-winged Nightjar (Eleothreptus anomalus)
0 2 20 Jamaican Poorwill (Siphonorhis americana)

Family statistics

15 genera, 89 species

265 files covering
14 genera	(93%)
65 species	(73%)

152 videos covering
13 genera	(87%)
52 species	(58%)

86 photographs covering
13 genera	(87%)
48 species	(54%)

27 sound recordings covering
8 genera	(53%)
25 species	(28%)

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