Birds of the World

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Genus: Antrostomus (12 species)


Mexican Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus arizonae arizonae) Range: NA: w USA s to Honduras Cochise County, Arizona, United States
Photograph by Alan Schmierer Image has been placed in the Public Domain.

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Yucatan Nightjar (Antrostomus badius) Range: MA: Yucatán Pen.


Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis) Near Threatened Range: NA: e USA Texas, United States
Photograph by George Scott Photography © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant. A very large nighthawk.


Cuban Nightjar (Antrostomus cubanensis cubanensis) Range: NA: Cuba Cuba
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com © All Rights Reserved.

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Hispaniolan Nightjar (Antrostomus ekmani) Range: NA: Hispaniola


Puerto Rican Nightjar (Antrostomus noctitherus) Vulnerable Range: NA: sw Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Photograph by Matt Grube © All Rights Reserved.


Buff-collared Nightjar (Antrostomus ridgwayi ridgwayi) Range: MA: nw Mexico to Nicaragua Arizona, United States
Photograph by Julio Mulero Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.


Rufous Nightjar (Antrostomus rufus rutilus) Range: MA, SA: widespread s from Costa Rica SÃO PAULO, Brazil
Photograph by Dario Sanches Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.

Note long white brow that connects to white collar that connects across the throat.

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Tawny-collared Nightjar (Antrostomus salvini) Range: MA: e Mexico


Dusky Nightjar (Antrostomus saturatus) Range: MA: Costa Rica and w Panama San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Dusky Nightjar (Antrostomus saturatus) Range: MA: Costa Rica and w Panama Valle Savegre, Costa Rica
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Silky-tailed Nightjar (Antrostomus sericocaudatus) Range: SA: widespread Purús, Ucayali, Peru
Photograph by Fernando Angulo Pratolongo © All Rights Reserved.


Silky-tailed Nightjar (Antrostomus sericocaudatus) Range: SA: widespread Riberalta, Bolivia
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) Near Threatened Range: NA: sc, se Canada and ec, e USA Dunstable, Massachusetts, USA Note black streaks on top of head.
Photograph by Tom Murray Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 License. You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the work, and to adapt the work under the following conditions: You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work) If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba