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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
- ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2024). "Nightjars, Oilbird, potoos, frogmouths". IOC World Bird List. v 14.1). Retrieved January 4, 2024.