Typical American Nightjars
Antrostomus
Antrostomus is a genus of nightjars formerly included in the genus Caprimulgus, but evidence suggested the genus be split. They are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long pointed wings, short legs and short bills.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 12 known species
Chuck-will's-widow
speciesAntrostomus carolinensis
Eastern Whip-poor-will
speciesAntrostomus vociferus
Mexican Whip-poor-will
speciesAntrostomus arizonae
Rufous Nightjar
speciesAntrostomus rufus
Buff-collared Nightjar
speciesAntrostomus ridgwayi
Yucatan Nightjar
speciesAntrostomus badius
Dusky Nightjar
speciesAntrostomus saturatus
Puerto Rican Nightjar
speciesAntrostomus noctitherus
Silky-tailed Nightjar
speciesAntrostomus sericocaudatus
Tawny-collared Nightjar
speciesAntrostomus salvini
Cuban Nightjar
speciesAntrostomus cubanensis
Hispaniolan Nightjar
speciesAntrostomus ekmani
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 199908.