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 | 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 |