THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Caprimulgidae · Clear filter
56 records · page 1 of 2
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Yucatan NightjarAntrostomus badius Bangs & Peck, 1908 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Puerto Rican NightjarAntrostomus noctitherus (Wetmore, 1919) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tawny-collared NightjarAntrostomus salvini (Hartert, 1892) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky NightjarAntrostomus saturatus Salvin, 1870 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silky-tailed NightjarAntrostomus sericocaudatus Cassin, 1849 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jerdon's NightjarCaprimulgus atripennis Jerdon, 1845 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slender-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus clarus Reichenow, 1892 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus Vieillot, 1824 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bonaparte's NightjarCaprimulgus concretus Bonaparte, 1850 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Donaldson-Smith's NightjarCaprimulgus donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey NightjarCaprimulgus indicus Latham, 1790 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey NightjarCaprimulgus jotaka Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus macrurus Horsfield, 1821 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sykes's NightjarCaprimulgus mahrattensis Sykes, 1832 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swamp NightjarCaprimulgus natalensis A. Smith, 1845 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palau NightjarCaprimulgus phalaena Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane NightjarCaprimulgus poliocephalus Rüppell, 1840 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nechisar NightjarCaprimulgus solala Ash Safford, Telfer Duckworth & Zewdie, 1995 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma Rüppell, 1840 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis (Hermann, 1783) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii Lawrence, 1857 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common NighthawkChordeiles minor (J. R. Forster, 1771) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nacunda NighthawkChordeiles nacunda (Vieillot, 1817) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Least NighthawkChordeiles pusillus Gould, 1861 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sand-colored NighthawkChordeiles rupestris (von Spix, 1825) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sickle-winged NightjarEleothreptus anomalus (Gould, 1838) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-winged NightjarEleothreptus candicans (Pelzeln, 1867) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Archbold's NightjarEurostopodus archboldi (Mayr & Rand, 1935) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spotted NightjarEurostopodus argus Hartert, 1892 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Satanic NightjarEurostopodus diabolicus Stresemann, 1931 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Caledonian NightjarEurostopodus exul Mayr, 1941 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated NightjarEurostopodus mystacalis (Temminck, 1826) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Solomons NightjarEurostopodus nigripennis E. P. Ramsay, 1882 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Papuan NightjarEurostopodus papuensis (Schlegel, 1866) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed NightjarHydropsalis cayennensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spot-tailed NightjarHydropsalis maculicaudus (Lawrence, 1862) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scissor-tailed NightjarHydropsalis torquata (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-bellied NighthawkLurocalis rufiventris Taczanowski, 1884 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-tailed NighthawkLurocalis semitorquatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Eared NightjarLyncornis macrotis (Vigors, 1831) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malaysian Eared NightjarLyncornis temminckii Gould, 1838 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-trained NightjarMacropsalis forcipata (Nitsch, 1840) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anthony's NightjarNyctidromus anthonyi (Chapman, 1923) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eared PoorwillNyctiphrynus mcleodii (Brewster, 1888) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ocellated PoorwillNyctiphrynus ocellatus (Tschudi, 1844) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Choco PoorwillNyctiphrynus rosenbergi (Hartert, 1895) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Band-tailed NighthawkNyctiprogne leucopyga (von Spix, 1825) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Todd's NightjarSetopagis heterura Todd, 1915 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.