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Genus Caprimulgus
Egyptian Nightjar - Open desert with a few trees or bushes are the haunts of this crepuscular nightjar. It flies at dusk, most often at sundown, with an easy, silent moth-like flight; its strong and deliberate wingbeats alternate with sweeps and wheels with motionless wings.
Allied Nightjar - The Savanna Nightjar, Caprimulgus affinis, is a species of nightjar found in South Asia, usually in the Philippines.
Indian Nightjar - Open woodland, scrub, and cultivation is the habitat of this nocturnal bird. It flies after sundown with an easy, silent moth-like flight. During the day, Indian Nightjar lies silent upon the ground, concealed by its plumage; it is then difficult to detect, blending in with the soil.
Indian Long-tailed Nightjar - When first discovered by Western naturalists, this species was originally included within its northern relative C. macrourus . Thomas C. Jerdon first described it as distinct in an annotation to his 1845 treatment of the Indian Jungle Nightjar in the Illustrations of Indian ornithology. Subsequently it was sometimes lumped again with C. macrouros, but today's authors generally treat them as specifically distinct. Jerdon's type locality mentioned as Ghatus has been considered to be the Eastern Ghats.
Bates' Nightjar - The Bates's Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Uganda.
Brown Nightjar - The Brown Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, and Liberia.
Twixt-hell-and-the-white-oak - The Chuck-will's-widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis is a nocturnal bird of the nightjar family Caprimulgidae. It is found in the southeastern United States near swamps, rocky uplands, and pine woods. It migrates to the West Indies, Central America, and northwestern South America.
Sulawesi Nightjar - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Vaurie's Nightjar - Its natural habitat is cold desert. It is threatened by habitat loss. This bird is only known from a single 1929 specimen from Xinjiang, China. It has never been found again, and it is quite possibly invalid as it has not yet been compared to the similar subspecies of the European Nightjar, C. europaeus plumipes, which occurs at the locality where C. centralasicus was found.
Long-tailed Nightjar - The Long-tailed Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.
Bonaparte's Nightjar - Bonaparte's Nightjar , also known as the Sunda Nightjar, is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Greater Antillean Nightjar - This species was believed to be conspecific with Hispaniola's Caprimulgus ekmani.
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar - The Donaldson-smith's Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Tanzania.
Caprimulgus ekmani - The Hispaniola Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. This species was previously believed to be conspecific with Caprimulgus cubanensis.
Collared Nightjar - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Golden Nightjar - The Golden Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan.
Square-tailed Nightjar - The Square-tailed Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Pygmy Nightjar - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Grey Nightjar - Its scientific name means "nightjar from India", and it is thus sometimes confused with C. asiaticus which is commonly called Indian Nightjar. To distinguish them, in former times C. indicus was known as the Large Indian Nightjar.
Plain Nightjar - The Plain Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Yemen.
Band-winged Nightjar - Over its large range, there are signifincant variations in its morphology, but, as suggested by its common name, it always has a distinctive band in the wing , which is white in the male, buff in the female. Traditionally, "only" seven subspecies have been recognized, but two new subspecies, one from Chile have been described within the last few years.
Large-tailed Nightjar - at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
Cayenne Nightjar - This is a small, brown variegated neotropical nightjar, 22.5 cm in length. It is known only from a single specimen, a male. Upperparts greyish-brown, broadly streaked blackish-brown on crown and nape. Narrow, indistinct tawny collar on hindneck. Wing-coverts greyish-brown heavily spotted buff; scapulars blackish-brown, broadly edged buff. Large white patch either side of lower throat. Underparts buff heavily barred brown.
Madagascar Nightjar - The Madagascar Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, and Seychelles. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
Sykes' Nightjar - Sykes's Nightjar or the Sindh Nightjar is a nightjar species found in South Asia.
Philippine Nightjar - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
Blackish Nightjar - It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Black-shouldered Nightjar - The Black-shouldered Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.
Puerto rican nightjar - It was described from bones found in cave deposits and a single specimen taken in 1888. The species was considered extinct, the specimen being the last remnant of a "prehistoric" bird. However, it was found to be still extant in 1961; it had been overlooked due to its secretive habits and because its habitat was not surveyed.
Nubian Nightjar - The Nubian Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Israel, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
African Dusky Nightjar - The Fiery-necked Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Abyssinian Nightjar - The Montane Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Prigogene's Nightjar - It is appears to be a forest species, but nothing is known of its habits or breeding, although it is likely to nest on bare ground like its relatives. It is assumed to be a nocturnal insectivore like other nightjars.
Salvadori's Nightjar - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Buff-collared nightjar - The adults are dark with brown, grey, black, and white patterning on the upperparts and breast. The tail is dark brown, with darker finely barred markings throughout. The male has large white outer tail tips on the 3 outermost tail feathers. The female has buffy tail tips. The most distinguishing characteristic to determine its identity from its closest relative the Whip-poor-will is from where the bird gets its name. It shows a prominent buff-colored collar around its neck and nape. Its song is also very different. It sounds like an accelerating cuk, cuk, cuk, cuk, cuk, cukacheea.
Red-necked Nightjar - Open sandy heaths with trees or bushes are the haunts of this crepuscular Nightjar. It flies at dusk, most often at sundown, with an easy, silent moth-like flight; its strong and deliberate wingbeats alternate with graceful sweeps and wheels with motionless wings.
Rufus Nightjar - It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Dusky Nightjar - The Dusky Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.
Silky-tailed Nightjar - The Silky-tailed Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Nechisar Nightjar - It was first discovered in 1990 when researchers discovered a decomposing specimen in the Nechisar plains.
Freckled Nightjar - The Freckled Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Whip-poor-will - This bird is sometimes confused with the related Chuck-will's-widow which has a similar but lower-pitched and slower call.
Roraiman Nightjar - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.