Nightjars
Order: Caprimulgiformes. Family: Caprimulgidae
Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills that usually nest on the ground. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves.
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Nacunda Nighthawk Chordeiles nacunda
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Ocellated Poorwill Nyctiphrynus ocellatus
- Rufous Nightjar Antrostomus rufus
- Silky-tailed Nightjar Antrostomus sericocaudatus
- Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris
- Little Nightjar Caprimulgus parvulus
- Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra
- Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata
- Long-trained Nightjar Macropsalis forcipata
- Sickle-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus anomalus
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