The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 97 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.[1]
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
Common name | Binomial name + authority | data-sort-type="number" | IOC sequence |
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Spotted nightjar | Eurostopodus argus Hartert, EJO, 1892 | 1 | |
White-throated nightjar | Eurostopodus mystacalis (Temminck, 1826) | 2 | |
Solomons nightjar | Eurostopodus nigripennis Ramsay, EP, 1882 | 3 | |
New Caledonian nightjar | Eurostopodus exul Mayr, 1941 | 4 | |
Satanic nightjar | Eurostopodus diabolicus Stresemann, 1931 | 5 | |
Papuan nightjar | Eurostopodus papuensis (Schlegel, 1866) | 6 | |
Archbold's nightjar | Eurostopodus archboldi (Mayr & Rand, 1935) | 7 | |
Malaysian eared nightjar | Lyncornis temminckii Gould, 1838 | 8 | |
Great eared nightjar | Lyncornis macrotis (Vigors, 1831) | 9 | |
Collared nightjar | Gactornis enarratus (Gray, GR, 1871) | 10 | |
Nacunda nighthawk | Chordeiles nacunda (Vieillot, 1817) | 11 | |
Least nighthawk | Chordeiles pusillus Gould, 1861 | 12 | |
Sand-colored nighthawk | Chordeiles rupestris (Spix, 1825) | 13 | |
Lesser nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis (Hermann, 1783) | 14 | |
Common nighthawk | Chordeiles minor (Forster, JR, 1771) | 15 | |
Antillean nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii Lawrence, 1857 | 16 | |
Short-tailed nighthawk | Lurocalis semitorquatus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 17 | |
Rufous-bellied nighthawk | Lurocalis rufiventris Taczanowski, 1884 | 18 | |
Band-tailed nighthawk | Nyctiprogne leucopyga (Spix, 1825) | 19 | |
Plain-tailed nighthawk | Nyctiprogne vielliardi (Lencioni-Neto, 1994) | 20 | |
Blackish nightjar | Nyctipolus nigrescens (Cabanis, 1849) | 21 | |
Pygmy nightjar | Nyctipolus hirundinaceus (Spix, 1825) | 22 | |
Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 23 | |
Anthony's nightjar | Nyctidromus anthonyi (Chapman, 1923) | 24 | |
Todd's nightjar | Setopagis heterura Todd, 1915 | 25 | |
Little nightjar | Setopagis parvula (Gould, 1837) | 26 | |
Roraiman nightjar | Setopagis whitelyi (Salvin, 1885) | 27 | |
Cayenne nightjar | Setopagis maculosa (Todd, 1920) | 28 | |
Sickle-winged nightjar | Eleothreptus anomalus (Gould, 1838) | 29 | |
White-winged nightjar | Eleothreptus candicans (Pelzeln, 1867) | 30 | |
Band-winged nightjar | Systellura longirostris (Bonaparte, 1825) | 31 | |
Tschudi's nightjar | Systellura decussata (Tschudi, 1844) | 32 | |
Swallow-tailed nightjar | Uropsalis segmentata (Cassin, 1849) | 33 | |
Lyre-tailed nightjar | Uropsalis lyra (Bonaparte, 1850) | 34 | |
White-tailed nightjar | Hydropsalis cayennensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 35 | |
Spot-tailed nightjar | Hydropsalis maculicaudus (Lawrence, 1862) | 36 | |
Ladder-tailed nightjar | Hydropsalis climacocerca (Tschudi, 1844) | 37 | |
Scissor-tailed nightjar | Hydropsalis torquata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 38 | |
Long-trained nightjar | Macropsalis forcipata (Nitzsch, 1840) | 39 | |
Least poorwill | Siphonorhis brewsteri (Chapman, 1917) | 40 | |
Jamaican poorwill | Siphonorhis americana (Linnaeus, 1758) | 41 | |
Choco poorwill | Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi (Hartert, EJO, 1895) | 42 | |
Eared poorwill | Nyctiphrynus mcleodii (Brewster, 1888) | 43 | |
Yucatan poorwill | Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus (Hartert, EJO, 1892) | 44 | |
Ocellated poorwill | Nyctiphrynus ocellatus (Tschudi, 1844) | 45 | |
Common poorwill | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii (Audubon, 1844) | 46 | |
Chuck-will's-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 47 | |
Rufous nightjar | Antrostomus rufus (Boddaert, 1783) | 48 | |
Cuban nightjar | Antrostomus cubanensis Lawrence, 1860 | 49 | |
Hispaniolan nightjar | Antrostomus ekmani Lönnberg, 1929 | 50 | |
Tawny-collared nightjar | Antrostomus salvini (Hartert, EJO, 1892) | 51 | |
Yucatan nightjar | Antrostomus badius Bangs & Peck, 1908 | 52 | |
Silky-tailed nightjar | Antrostomus sericocaudatus Cassin, 1849 | 53 | |
Buff-collared nightjar | Antrostomus ridgwayi Nelson, 1897 | 54 | |
Eastern whip-poor-will | Antrostomus vociferus (Wilson, A, 1812) | 55 | |
Mexican whip-poor-will | Antrostomus arizonae Brewster, 1881 | 56 | |
Puerto Rican nightjar | Antrostomus noctitherus (Wetmore, 1919) | 57 | |
Dusky nightjar | Antrostomus saturatus Salvin, 1870 | 58 | |
Brown nightjar | Veles binotatus (Bonaparte, 1850) | 59 | |
Red-necked nightjar | Caprimulgus ruficollis Temminck, 1820 | 60 | |
Jungle nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus Latham, 1790 | 61 | |
Grey nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 | 62 | |
Palau nightjar | Caprimulgus phalaena Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872 | 63 | |
European nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758 | 64 | |
Sombre nightjar | Caprimulgus fraenatus Salvadori, 1884 | 65 | |
Rufous-cheeked nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena Smith, A, 1845 | 66 | |
Egyptian nightjar | Caprimulgus aegyptius Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823 | 67 | |
Sykes's nightjar | Caprimulgus mahrattensis Sykes, 1832 | 68 | |
Nubian nightjar | Caprimulgus nubicus Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823 | 69 | |
Golden nightjar | Caprimulgus eximius Temminck, 1826 | 70 | |
Jerdon's nightjar | Caprimulgus atripennis Jerdon, 1845 | 71 | |
Large-tailed nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus Horsfield, 1821 | 72 | |
Mees's nightjar | Caprimulgus meesi Sangster & Rozendaal, 2004 | 73 | |
Andaman nightjar | Caprimulgus andamanicus Hume, 1873 | 74 | |
Philippine nightjar | Caprimulgus manillensis Walden, 1875 | 75 | |
Sulawesi nightjar | Caprimulgus celebensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1894 | 76 | |
Donaldson Smith's nightjar | Caprimulgus donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895 | 77 | |
Fiery-necked nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis Cuvier, 1816 | 78 | |
Montane nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus Rüppell, 1840 | 79 | |
Indian nightjar | Caprimulgus asiaticus Latham, 1790 | 80 | |
Madagascar nightjar | Caprimulgus madagascariensis Sganzin, 1840 | 81 | |
Swamp nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis Smith, A, 1845 | 82 | |
Nechisar nightjar | Caprimulgus solala Safford, Ash, Duckworth, Telfer & Zewdie, 1995 | 83 | |
Plain nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus Heuglin, 1869 | 84 | |
Star-spotted nightjar | Caprimulgus stellatus Blundell & Lovat, 1899 | 85 | |
Savanna nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis Horsfield, 1821 | 86 | |
Chirruping nightjar | Caprimulgus griseatus Walden, 1875 | 87 | |
Freckled nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma Rüppell, 1840 | 88 | |
Bonaparte's nightjar | Caprimulgus concretus Bonaparte, 1850 | 89 | |
Salvadori's nightjar | Caprimulgus pulchellus Salvadori, 1879 | 90 | |
Prigogine's nightjar | Caprimulgus prigoginei Louette, 1990 | 91 | |
Bates's nightjar | Caprimulgus batesi Sharpe, 1906 | 92 | |
Long-tailed nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus Vieillot, 1824 | 93 | |
Slender-tailed nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus Reichenow, 1892 | 94 | |
Square-tailed nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii Hartlaub, 1857 | 95 | |
Standard-winged nightjar | Caprimulgus longipennis Shaw, 1796 | 96 | |
Pennant-winged nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius (Gould, 1838) | 97 | |