The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 98 species of nightjars and allies in the family Caprimulgidae. The species are distributed among 20 genera, a few of which have only one member. One extinct species, the Jamaican poorwill, is included.
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
Common nameBinomial name + authorityIOC sequenceSpotted nightjarEurostopodus argus Hartert, EJO, 18921White-throated nightjarEurostopodus mystacalis (Temminck, 1826)2Solomons nightjarEurostopodus nigripennis Ramsay, EP, 18823New Caledonian nightjarEurostopodus exul Mayr, 19414Satanic nightjarEurostopodus diabolicus Stresemann, 19315Papuan nightjarEurostopodus papuensis (Schlegel, 1866)6Archbold's nightjarEurostopodus archboldi (Mayr & Rand, 1935)7Malaysian eared nightjarLyncornis temminckii Gould, 18388Great eared nightjarLyncornis macrotis (Vigors, 1831)9Collared nightjarGactornis enarratus (Gray, GR, 1871)10Nacunda nighthawkChordeiles nacunda (Vieillot, 1817)11Least nighthawkChordeiles pusillus Gould, 186112Sand-colored nighthawkChordeiles rupestris (Spix, 1825)13Lesser nighthawkChordeiles acutipennis (Hermann, 1783)14Common nighthawkChordeiles minor (Forster, JR, 1771)15Antillean nighthawkChordeiles gundlachii Lawrence, 185716Short-tailed nighthawkLurocalis semitorquatus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)17Rufous-bellied nighthawkLurocalis rufiventris Taczanowski, 188418Band-tailed nighthawkNyctiprogne leucopyga (Spix, 1825)19Plain-tailed nighthawkNyctiprogne vielliardi (Lencioni-Neto, 1994)20Blackish nightjarNyctipolus nigrescens (Cabanis, 1849)21Pygmy nightjarNyctipolus hirundinaceus (Spix, 1825)22PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)23Anthony's nightjarNyctidromus anthonyi (Chapman, 1923)24Todd's nightjarSetopagis heterura Todd, 191525Little nightjarSetopagis parvula (Gould, 1837)26Roraiman nightjarSetopagis whitelyi (Salvin, 1885)27Cayenne nightjarSetopagis maculosa (Todd, 1920)28Sickle-winged nightjarEleothreptus anomalus (Gould, 1838)29White-winged nightjarEleothreptus candicans (Pelzeln, 1867)30Band-winged nightjarSystellura longirostris (Bonaparte, 1825)31Tschudi's nightjarSystellura decussata (Tschudi, 1844)32Swallow-tailed nightjarUropsalis segmentata (Cassin, 1849)33Lyre-tailed nightjarUropsalis lyra (Bonaparte, 1850)34White-tailed nightjarHydropsalis cayennensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)35Spot-tailed nightjarHydropsalis maculicaudus (Lawrence, 1862)36Ladder-tailed nightjarHydropsalis climacocerca (Tschudi, 1844)37Scissor-tailed nightjarHydropsalis torquata (Gmelin, JF, 1789)38Long-trained nightjarMacropsalis forcipata (Nitzsch, 1840)39Least poorwillSiphonorhis brewsteri (Chapman, 1917)40Jamaican poorwillSiphonorhis americana (Linnaeus, 1758)41Choco poorwillNyctiphrynus rosenbergi (Hartert, EJO, 1895)42Eared poorwillNyctiphrynus mcleodii (Brewster, 1888)43Yucatan poorwillNyctiphrynus yucatanicus (Hartert, EJO, 1892)44Ocellated poorwillNyctiphrynus ocellatus (Tschudi, 1844)45Common poorwillPhalaenoptilus nuttallii (Audubon, 1844)46Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)47Rufous nightjarAntrostomus rufus (Boddaert, 1783)48Cuban nightjarAntrostomus cubanensis Lawrence, 186049Hispaniolan nightjarAntrostomus ekmani Lönnberg, 192950Tawny-collared nightjarAntrostomus salvini (Hartert, EJO, 1892)51Yucatan nightjarAntrostomus badius Bangs & Peck, 190852Silky-tailed nightjarAntrostomus sericocaudatus Cassin, 184953Buff-collared nightjarAntrostomus ridgwayi Nelson, 189754Eastern whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus (Wilson, A, 1812)55Mexican whip-poor-willAntrostomus arizonae Brewster, 188156Puerto Rican nightjarAntrostomus noctitherus (Wetmore, 1919)57Dusky nightjarAntrostomus saturatus Salvin, 187058Brown nightjarVeles binotatus (Bonaparte, 1850)59Red-necked nightjarCaprimulgus ruficollis Temminck, 182060Jungle nightjarCaprimulgus indicus Latham, 179061Grey nightjarCaprimulgus jotaka Temminck & Schlegel, 184562Palau nightjarCaprimulgus phalaena Hartlaub & Finsch, 187263European nightjarCaprimulgus europaeus Linnaeus, 175864Sombre nightjarCaprimulgus fraenatus Salvadori, 188465Rufous-cheeked nightjarCaprimulgus rufigena Smith, A, 184566Egyptian nightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius Lichtenstein, MHC, 182367Sykes's nightjarCaprimulgus mahrattensis Sykes, 183268Nubian nightjarCaprimulgus nubicus Lichtenstein, MHC, 182369Golden nightjarCaprimulgus eximius Temminck, 182670Jerdon's nightjarCaprimulgus atripennis Jerdon, 184571Large-tailed nightjarCaprimulgus macrurus Horsfield, 182172Mees's nightjarCaprimulgus meesi Sangster & Rozendaal, 200473Timor nightjarCaprimulgus ritae King, BF, Sangster, Trainor, Irestedt, Prawiradilaga & Ericson, 202474Andaman nightjarCaprimulgus andamanicus Hume, 187375Philippine nightjarCaprimulgus manillensis Walden, 187576Sulawesi nightjarCaprimulgus celebensis Ogilvie-Grant, 189477Donaldson Smith's nightjarCaprimulgus donaldsoni Sharpe, 189578Fiery-necked nightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis Cuvier, 181679Montane nightjarCaprimulgus poliocephalus Rüppell, 184080Indian nightjarCaprimulgus asiaticus Latham, 179081Madagascar nightjarCaprimulgus madagascariensis Sganzin, 184082Swamp nightjarCaprimulgus natalensis Smith, A, 184583Nechisar nightjarCaprimulgus solala Safford, Ash, Duckworth, Telfer & Zewdie, 199584Plain nightjarCaprimulgus inornatus Heuglin, 186985Star-spotted nightjarCaprimulgus stellatus Blundell & Lovat, 189986Savanna nightjarCaprimulgus affinis Horsfield, 182187Chirruping nightjarCaprimulgus griseatus Walden, 187588Freckled nightjarCaprimulgus tristigma Rüppell, 184089Bonaparte's nightjarCaprimulgus concretus Bonaparte, 185090Salvadori's nightjarCaprimulgus pulchellus Salvadori, 187991Prigogine's nightjarCaprimulgus prigoginei Louette, 199092Bates's nightjarCaprimulgus batesi Sharpe, 190693Long-tailed nightjarCaprimulgus climacurus Vieillot, 182494Slender-tailed nightjarCaprimulgus clarus Reichenow, 189295Square-tailed nightjarCaprimulgus fossii Hartlaub, 185796Standard-winged nightjarCaprimulgus longipennis Shaw, 179697Pennant-winged nightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius (Gould, 1838)98
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