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, 90 species, 221 taxa.
- 6 species threatened; none definitely extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 0 8 Mees's Nightjar (Caprimulgus meesi)
- 3 1 2 8 1 Semi-collared Nighthawk (Lurocalis semitorquatus)
- 4 1 2 1 8 2 Rufous-bellied Nighthawk (Lurocalis rufiventris)
- 3 1 2 8 3 Least Nighthawk (Chordeiles pusillus)
- 1 1 6 4 Bahian Nighthawk (Chordeiles vielliardi)
- 10 3 7 8 5 Sand-colored Nighthawk (Chordeiles rupestris)
- 26 12 14 8 6 Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)
- 18 1 11 6 8 7 Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
- 8 2 3 3 8 8 Antillean Nighthawk (Chordeiles gundlachii)
- 4 1 1 2 8 9 Band-tailed Nighthawk (Nyctiprogne leucopyga)
- 17 5 12 8 10 Nacunda Nighthawk (Podager nacunda)
- 2 2 8 11 Spotted Nightjar (Eurostopodus argus)
- 3 3 8 12 White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)
- 12 3 9 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)
- 9 2 1 6 8 17 Great Eared-nightjar (Eurostopodus macrotis)
- 43 3 16 24 8 18 Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
- 3 3 8 19 Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii)
- 0 2 20 Jamaican Poorwill (Siphonorhis americana)
- 0 6 21 Least Poorwill (Siphonorhis brewsteri)
- 0 8 22 Eared Poorwill (Nyctiphrynus mcleodii)
- 1 1 8 23 Yucatan Poorwill (Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus)
- 6 1 3 2 8 24 Ocellated Poorwill (Nyctiphrynus ocellatus)
- 1 1 6 25 Choco Poorwill (Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi)
- 2 1 1 8 26 Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis)
- 3 1 1 1 8 27 Rufous Nightjar (Caprimulgus rufus)
- 1 1 8 28 Cuban Nightjar (Caprimulgus cubanensis)
- 0 8 29 Hispaniolan Nightjar (Caprimulgus ekmani)
- 0 8 30 Tawny-collared Nightjar (Caprimulgus salvini)
- 2 1 1 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)
- 7 3 3 1 8 34 Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus)
- 3 1 1 1 2 35 Puerto Rican Nightjar (Caprimulgus noctitherus)
- 1 1 8 36 Dusky Nightjar (Caprimulgus saturatus)
- 15 1 9 5 8 37 Band-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus longirostris)
- 6 1 3 2 8 38 White-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus cayennensis)
- 4 2 2 3 39 White-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus candicans)
- 5 1 2 2 8 40 Spot-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus maculicaudus)
- 4 1 1 2 8 41 Little Nightjar (Caprimulgus parvulus)
- 0 8 42 Scrub Nightjar (Caprimulgus anthonyi)
- 0 7 43 Cayenne Nightjar (Caprimulgus maculosus)
- 12 1 5 6 8 44 Blackish Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigrescens)
- 0 8 45 Roraiman Nightjar (Caprimulgus whitelyi)
- 8 1 3 4 8 46 Pygmy Nightjar (Caprimulgus hirundinaceus)
- 0 8 47 Brown Nightjar (Caprimulgus binotatus)
- 8 4 4 8 48 Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis)
- 8 1 5 2 8 49 Jungle Nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus)
- 18 1 13 4 8 50 European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
- 2 1 1 8 51 Sombre Nightjar (Caprimulgus fraenatus)
- 1 1 8 52 Rufous-cheeked Nightjar (Caprimulgus rufigena)
- 4 3 1 8 53 Egyptian Nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)
- 9 1 7 1 8 54 Sykes' Nightjar (Caprimulgus mahrattensis)
- 0 7 55 Vaurie's Nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus)
- 4 3 1 8 56 Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus)
- 0 8 57 Golden Nightjar (Caprimulgus eximius)
- 15 3 6 6 8 58 Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)
- 4 2 2 8 59 Jerdon's Nightjar (Caprimulgus atripennis)
- 7 1 2 4 8 60 Philippine Nightjar (Caprimulgus manillensis)
- 0 8 61 Sulawesi Nightjar (Caprimulgus celebensis)
- 4 1 3 8 62 Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar (Caprimulgus donaldsoni)
- 2 1 1 8 63 Black-shouldered Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigriscapularis)
- 4 1 1 2 8 64 Fiery-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus pectoralis)
- 3 3 8 65 Abyssinian Nightjar (Caprimulgus poliocephalus)
- 3 2 1 8 66 Montane Nightjar (Caprimulgus ruwenzorii)
- 14 1 10 3 8 67 Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus)
- 3 2 1 8 68 Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis)
- 2 1 1 8 69 Swamp Nightjar (Caprimulgus natalensis)
- 3 1 2 8 70 Plain Nightjar (Caprimulgus inornatus)
- 1 1 8 71 Star-spotted Nightjar (Caprimulgus stellatus)
- 21 4 9 8 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 77 Prigogine's Nightjar (Caprimulgus prigoginei)
- 6 4 2 8 78 Collared Nightjar (Caprimulgus enarratus)
- 0 8 79 Bates's Nightjar (Caprimulgus batesi)
- 9 3 6 8 80 Long-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus climacurus)
- 13 3 10 8 81 Slender-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus clarus)
- 6 4 2 8 82 Mozambique Nightjar (Caprimulgus fossii)
- 5 2 3 8 83 Standard-winged Nightjar (Macrodipteryx longipennis)
- 3 2 1 8 84 Pennant-winged Nightjar (Macrodipteryx vexillarius)
- 12 6 6 8 85 Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)
- 8 1 4 3 8 86 Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata)
- 3 1 2 8 87 Swallow-tailed Nightjar (Uropsalis segmentata)
- 2 1 1 8 88 Lyre-tailed Nightjar (Uropsalis lyra)
- 7 3 4 8 89 Long-trained Nightjar (Macropsalis forcipata)
- 3 1 2 6 90 Sickle-winged Nightjar (Eleothreptus anomalus)
Family statistics
15 genera, 90 species
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| 72 species | (80%) |
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