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.[1]

A Puerto Rican nightjar

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
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
Timor nightjar Caprimulgus ritae King, BF, Sangster, Trainor, Irestedt, Prawiradilaga & Ericson, 2024 74
Andaman nightjar Caprimulgus andamanicus Hume, 1873 75
Philippine nightjar Caprimulgus manillensis Walden, 1875 76
Sulawesi nightjar Caprimulgus celebensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1894 77
Donaldson Smith's nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895 78
Fiery-necked nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis Cuvier, 1816 79
Montane nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus Rüppell, 1840 80
Indian nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus Latham, 1790 81
Madagascar nightjar Caprimulgus madagascariensis Sganzin, 1840 82
Swamp nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis Smith, A, 1845 83
Nechisar nightjar Caprimulgus solala Safford, Ash, Duckworth, Telfer & Zewdie, 1995 84
Plain nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus Heuglin, 1869 85
Star-spotted nightjar Caprimulgus stellatus Blundell & Lovat, 1899 86
Savanna nightjar Caprimulgus affinis Horsfield, 1821 87
Chirruping nightjar Caprimulgus griseatus Walden, 1875 88
Freckled nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma Rüppell, 1840 89
Bonaparte's nightjar Caprimulgus concretus Bonaparte, 1850 90
Salvadori's nightjar Caprimulgus pulchellus Salvadori, 1879 91
Prigogine's nightjar Caprimulgus prigoginei Louette, 1990 92
Bates's nightjar Caprimulgus batesi Sharpe, 1906 93
Long-tailed nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus Vieillot, 1824 94
Slender-tailed nightjar Caprimulgus clarus Reichenow, 1892 95
Square-tailed nightjar Caprimulgus fossii Hartlaub, 1857 96
Standard-winged nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis Shaw, 1796 97
Pennant-winged nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius (Gould, 1838) 98

References

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  1. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (August 2024). "Nightjars, Oilbird, potoos, frogmouths". IOC World Bird List. v 14.2). Retrieved August 20, 2024.