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. There are 12 species which have been recorded in French Guiana.
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Nacunda Nighthawk Chordeiles nacunda (A)
- Band-tailed Nighthawk Nyctiprogne leucopyga
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Rufous Nightjar Antrostomus rufus
- Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus
- White-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus cayennensis
- Cayenne Nightjar Caprimulgus maculosus (A)
- Blackish Nightjar Caprimulgus nigrescens
- Ladder-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis climacocerca
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of French Guiana