Order Caprimulgiformes
Order Caprimulgiformes (4 families, 20 genera, 116 species)
- Family Aegothelidae (1 genus, 8 species)
- Genus Aegotheles (8 species)
Nightjar
- Aegotheles crinifrons
Long-whiskered Owlet-Nightjar
- Aegotheles insignis
Feline Owlet-Nightjar
- Aegotheles cristatus
Australian Owlet-Nightjar
- Aegotheles savesi
New Caledonian Owlet-Nightjar
- Aegotheles bennettii
Owlet-nightjar
- Aegotheles wallacii
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar
- Aegotheles archboldi
Archbold's Owlet-Nightjar
- Aegotheles albertisi
Mountain Owlet-Nightjar
- Family Caprimulgidae (15 genera, 87 species)
- Genus Eurostopodus (7 species)
- Eurostopodus argus
Spotted Eared-Nightjar
- Eurostopodus mystacalis
White-throated Eared-Nightjar
- Eurostopodus diabolicus
Satanic Eared-Nightjar
- Eurostopodus papuensis
Papuan Eared-Nightjar
- Eurostopodus archboldi
Mountain Eared-Nightjar
- Eurostopodus temminckii
Malaysian Eared-Nightjar
- Eurostopodus macrotis
Great Eared-Nightjar
- Genus Lurocalis (2 species)
- Lurocalis semitorquatus
Short-tailed Nighthawk
- Lurocalis rufiventris
Rufous-bellied Nighthawk
- Genus Chordeiles (5 species)
- Chordeiles pusillus
Least Nighthawk
- Chordeiles rupestris
Sand-colored Nighthawk
- Chordeiles acutipennis
Lesser Nighthawk
- Chordeiles minor
Common Nighthawk
- Chordeiles gundlachii
Antillean Nighthawk
- Genus Nyctiprogne (1 species)
- Nyctiprogne leucopyga
Band-tailed Nighthawk
- Genus Podager (1 species)
- Podager nacunda
Nacunda Nighthawk
- Genus Nyctidromus (1 species)
- Nyctidromus albicollis
Pauraque
- Genus Phalaenoptilus (1 species)
- Genus Siphonorhis (2 species)
- Siphonorhis americanus
Jamaican Poorwill
- Siphonorhis brewsteri
Least Poorwill
- Genus Nyctiphrynus (3 species)
- Nyctiphrynus mcleodii
Eared Poorwill
- Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
Yucatan Poorwill
- Nyctiphrynus ocellatus
Ocellated Poorwill
- Genus Caprimulgus (55 species)
- Caprimulgus carolinensis
Chuck-will's-widow
- Caprimulgus rufus
Rufous Nightjar
- Caprimulgus cubanensis
Greater Antillean Nightjar
- Caprimulgus salvini
Tawny-collared Nightjar
- Caprimulgus badius
Yucatan Nightjar
- Caprimulgus sericocaudatus
Silky-tailed Nightjar
- Caprimulgus ridgwayi
Buff-collared Nightjar
- Caprimulgus vociferus
Whip-poor-will
- Caprimulgus noctitherus
Puerto Rican Nightjar
- Caprimulgus saturatus
Dusky Nightjar
- Caprimulgus longirostris
Band-winged Nightjar
- Caprimulgus cayennensis
White-tailed Nightjar
- Caprimulgus candicans
White-winged Nightjar
- Caprimulgus maculicaudus
Spot-tailed Nightjar
- Caprimulgus parvulus
Little Nightjar
- Caprimulgus anthonyi
Scrub Nightjar
- Caprimulgus maculosus
Cayenne Nightjar
- Caprimulgus nigrescens
Blackish Nightjar
- Caprimulgus whitelyi
Roraiman Nightjar
- Caprimulgus hirundinaceus
Pygmy Nightjar
- Caprimulgus celebensis
Sulawesi Nightjar
- Caprimulgus donaldsoni
Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar
- Caprimulgus nigriscapularis
Black-shouldered Nightjar
- Caprimulgus pectoralis
Fiery-necked Nightjar
- Caprimulgus prigoginei
Itombwe Nightjar
- Caprimulgus poliocephalus
Montane Nightjar
- Caprimulgus ruwenzorii
Ruwenzori Nightjar
- Caprimulgus asiaticus
Indian Nightjar
- Caprimulgus natalensis
Swamp Nightjar
- Caprimulgus inornatus
Plain Nightjar
- Caprimulgus binotatus
Brown Nightjar
- Caprimulgus stellatus
Star-spotted Nightjar
- Caprimulgus affinis
Savanna Nightjar
- Caprimulgus tristigma
Freckled Nightjar
- Caprimulgus concretus
Bonaparte's Nightjar
- Caprimulgus pulchellus
Salvadori's Nightjar
- Caprimulgus enarratus
Collared Nightjar
- Caprimulgus batesi
Bates's Nightjar
- Caprimulgus climacurus
Long-tailed Nightjar
- Caprimulgus clarus
Slender-tailed Nightjar
- Caprimulgus fossii
Square-tailed Nightjar
- Caprimulgus manillensis
Philippine Nightjar
- Caprimulgus atripennis
Jerdon's Nightjar
- Caprimulgus macrurus
Large-tailed Nightjar
- Caprimulgus madagascariensis
Madagascar Nightjar
- Caprimulgus eximius
Golden Nightjar
- Caprimulgus nubicus
Nubian Nightjar
- Caprimulgus centralasicus
Vaurie's Nightjar
- Caprimulgus mahrattensis
Sykes's Nightjar
- Caprimulgus aegyptius
Egyptian Nightjar
- Caprimulgus rufigena
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
- Caprimulgus fraenatus
Sombre Nightjar
- Caprimulgus europaeus
Eurasian Nightjar
- Grey Nightjar
Caprimulgus indicus
- Caprimulgus ruficollis
Red-necked Nightjar
- Genus Macrodipteryx (2 species)
- Macrodipteryx longipennis
Standard-winged Nightjar
- Macrodipteryx vexillarius
Pennant-winged Nightjar
- Genus Hydropsalis (2 species)
- Hydropsalis climacocerca
Ladder-tailed Nightjar
- Hydropsalis brasiliana
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
- Genus Uropsalis (2 species)
- Uropsalis segmentata
Swallow-tailed Nightjar
- Uropsalis lyra
Lyre-tailed Nightjar
- Genus Macropsalis (2 species)
- Macropsalis creagra
Long-trained Nightjar
- Genus Eleothreptus (1 species)
- Eleothreptus anomalus
Sickle-winged Nightjar
- Family Nyctibiidae (1 genus, 7 species)
- Genus Nyctibius (7 species)
Potoo
- Nyctibius grandis
Great Potoo
- Nyctibius aethereus
Long-tailed Potoo
- Nyctibius jamaicensis
Common Potoo
- Nyctibius griseus
Grey Potoo
- Nyctibius maculosus
Andean Potoo
- Nyctibius leucopterus
White-winged Potoo
- Nyctibius bracteatus
Rufous Potoo
- Family Podargidae (2 genera,14 species)
- Genus Podargus (3 species)
Frogmouth
- Podargus strigoides
Tawny Frogmouth
- Podargus papuensis
Papuan Frogmouth
- Podargus ocellatus
Marbled Frogmouth
- Genus Batrachostomus (11 species)
- Batrachostomus auritus
Large Frogmouth
- Batrachostomus harterti
Dulit Frogmouth
- Batrachostomus septimus
Philippine Frogmouth
- Batrachostomus stellatus
Gould's Frogmouth
- Batrachostomus moniliger
Ceylon Frogmouth
- Batrachostomus hodgsoni
Hodgson's Frogmouth
- Batrachostomus poliolophus
Short-tailed Frogmouth
- Batrachostomus mixtus
Bornean Frogmouth
- Batrachostomus affinis
Blyth's Frogmouth
- Batrachostomus javensis
Javan Frogmouth
- Batrachostomus cornutus
Sunda Frogmouth
- Family Steatornithidae (1 genus, 1 species)
- Genus Steatornis (1 species)
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