# List of nightjars

The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 98 species of nightjars and allies in the family Caprimulgidae. The species are distributed among 20 genera, a few of which have only one member. One extinct species, the Jamaican poorwill, is included.
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
| Common name | Binomial name + authority | IOC sequence |
| Spotted nightjar | Eurostopodus argus Hartert, EJO, 1892 | 1 |
| White-throated nightjar | Eurostopodus mystacalis (Temminck, 1826) | 2 |
| Solomons nightjar | Eurostopodus nigripennis Ramsay, EP, 1882 | 3 |
| New Caledonian nightjar | Eurostopodus exul Mayr, 1941 | 4 |
| Satanic nightjar | Eurostopodus diabolicus Stresemann, 1931 | 5 |
| Papuan nightjar | Eurostopodus papuensis (Schlegel, 1866) | 6 |
| Archbold's nightjar | Eurostopodus archboldi (Mayr & Rand, 1935) | 7 |
| Malaysian eared nightjar | Lyncornis temminckii Gould, 1838 | 8 |
| Great eared nightjar | Lyncornis macrotis (Vigors, 1831) | 9 |
| Collared nightjar | Gactornis enarratus (Gray, GR, 1871) | 10 |
| Nacunda nighthawk | Chordeiles nacunda (Vieillot, 1817) | 11 |
| Least nighthawk | Chordeiles pusillus Gould, 1861 | 12 |
| Sand-colored nighthawk | Chordeiles rupestris (Spix, 1825) | 13 |
| Lesser nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis (Hermann, 1783) | 14 |
| Common nighthawk | Chordeiles minor (Forster, JR, 1771) | 15 |
| Antillean nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii Lawrence, 1857 | 16 |
| Short-tailed nighthawk | Lurocalis semitorquatus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 17 |
| Rufous-bellied nighthawk | Lurocalis rufiventris Taczanowski, 1884 | 18 |
| Band-tailed nighthawk | Nyctiprogne leucopyga (Spix, 1825) | 19 |
| Plain-tailed nighthawk | Nyctiprogne vielliardi (Lencioni-Neto, 1994) | 20 |
| Blackish nightjar | Nyctipolus nigrescens (Cabanis, 1849) | 21 |
| Pygmy nightjar | Nyctipolus hirundinaceus (Spix, 1825) | 22 |
| Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 23 |
| Anthony's nightjar | Nyctidromus anthonyi (Chapman, 1923) | 24 |
| Todd's nightjar | Setopagis heterura Todd, 1915 | 25 |
| Little nightjar | Setopagis parvula (Gould, 1837) | 26 |
| Roraiman nightjar | Setopagis whitelyi (Salvin, 1885) | 27 |
| Cayenne nightjar | Setopagis maculosa (Todd, 1920) | 28 |
| Sickle-winged nightjar | Eleothreptus anomalus (Gould, 1838) | 29 |
| White-winged nightjar | Eleothreptus candicans (Pelzeln, 1867) | 30 |
| Band-winged nightjar | Systellura longirostris (Bonaparte, 1825) | 31 |
| Tschudi's nightjar | Systellura decussata (Tschudi, 1844) | 32 |
| Swallow-tailed nightjar | Uropsalis segmentata (Cassin, 1849) | 33 |
| Lyre-tailed nightjar | Uropsalis lyra (Bonaparte, 1850) | 34 |
| White-tailed nightjar | Hydropsalis cayennensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 35 |
| Spot-tailed nightjar | Hydropsalis maculicaudus (Lawrence, 1862) | 36 |
| Ladder-tailed nightjar | Hydropsalis climacocerca (Tschudi, 1844) | 37 |
| Scissor-tailed nightjar | Hydropsalis torquata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 38 |
| Long-trained nightjar | Macropsalis forcipata (Nitzsch, 1840) | 39 |
| Least poorwill | Siphonorhis brewsteri (Chapman, 1917) | 40 |
| Jamaican poorwill | Siphonorhis americana (Linnaeus, 1758) | 41 |
| Choco poorwill | Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi (Hartert, EJO, 1895) | 42 |
| Eared poorwill | Nyctiphrynus mcleodii (Brewster, 1888) | 43 |
| Yucatan poorwill | Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus (Hartert, EJO, 1892) | 44 |
| Ocellated poorwill | Nyctiphrynus ocellatus (Tschudi, 1844) | 45 |
| Common poorwill | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii (Audubon, 1844) | 46 |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 47 |
| Rufous nightjar | Antrostomus rufus (Boddaert, 1783) | 48 |
| Cuban nightjar | Antrostomus cubanensis Lawrence, 1860 | 49 |
| Hispaniolan nightjar | Antrostomus ekmani Lönnberg, 1929 | 50 |
| Tawny-collared nightjar | Antrostomus salvini (Hartert, EJO, 1892) | 51 |
| Yucatan nightjar | Antrostomus badius Bangs & Peck, 1908 | 52 |
| Silky-tailed nightjar | Antrostomus sericocaudatus Cassin, 1849 | 53 |
| Buff-collared nightjar | Antrostomus ridgwayi Nelson, 1897 | 54 |
| Eastern whip-poor-will | Antrostomus vociferus (Wilson, A, 1812) | 55 |
| Mexican whip-poor-will | Antrostomus arizonae Brewster, 1881 | 56 |
| Puerto Rican nightjar | Antrostomus noctitherus (Wetmore, 1919) | 57 |
| Dusky nightjar | Antrostomus saturatus Salvin, 1870 | 58 |
| Brown nightjar | Veles binotatus (Bonaparte, 1850) | 59 |
| Red-necked nightjar | Caprimulgus ruficollis Temminck, 1820 | 60 |
| Jungle nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus Latham, 1790 | 61 |
| Grey nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 | 62 |
| Palau nightjar | Caprimulgus phalaena Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872 | 63 |
| European nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758 | 64 |
| Sombre nightjar | Caprimulgus fraenatus Salvadori, 1884 | 65 |
| Rufous-cheeked nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena Smith, A, 1845 | 66 |
| Egyptian nightjar | Caprimulgus aegyptius Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823 | 67 |
| Sykes's nightjar | Caprimulgus mahrattensis Sykes, 1832 | 68 |
| Nubian nightjar | Caprimulgus nubicus Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823 | 69 |
| Golden nightjar | Caprimulgus eximius Temminck, 1826 | 70 |
| Jerdon's nightjar | Caprimulgus atripennis Jerdon, 1845 | 71 |
| Large-tailed nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus Horsfield, 1821 | 72 |
| Mees's nightjar | Caprimulgus meesi Sangster & Rozendaal, 2004 | 73 |
| Timor nightjar | Caprimulgus ritae King, BF, Sangster, Trainor, Irestedt, Prawiradilaga & Ericson, 2024 | 74 |
| Andaman nightjar | Caprimulgus andamanicus Hume, 1873 | 75 |
| Philippine nightjar | Caprimulgus manillensis Walden, 1875 | 76 |
| Sulawesi nightjar | Caprimulgus celebensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1894 | 77 |
| Donaldson Smith's nightjar | Caprimulgus donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895 | 78 |
| Fiery-necked nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis Cuvier, 1816 | 79 |
| Montane nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus Rüppell, 1840 | 80 |
| Indian nightjar | Caprimulgus asiaticus Latham, 1790 | 81 |
| Madagascar nightjar | Caprimulgus madagascariensis Sganzin, 1840 | 82 |
| Swamp nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis Smith, A, 1845 | 83 |
| Nechisar nightjar | Caprimulgus solala Safford, Ash, Duckworth, Telfer & Zewdie, 1995 | 84 |
| Plain nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus Heuglin, 1869 | 85 |
| Star-spotted nightjar | Caprimulgus stellatus Blundell & Lovat, 1899 | 86 |
| Savanna nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis Horsfield, 1821 | 87 |
| Chirruping nightjar | Caprimulgus griseatus Walden, 1875 | 88 |
| Freckled nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma Rüppell, 1840 | 89 |
| Bonaparte's nightjar | Caprimulgus concretus Bonaparte, 1850 | 90 |
| Salvadori's nightjar | Caprimulgus pulchellus Salvadori, 1879 | 91 |
| Prigogine's nightjar | Caprimulgus prigoginei Louette, 1990 | 92 |
| Bates's nightjar | Caprimulgus batesi Sharpe, 1906 | 93 |
| Long-tailed nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus Vieillot, 1824 | 94 |
| Slender-tailed nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus Reichenow, 1892 | 95 |
| Square-tailed nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii Hartlaub, 1857 | 96 |
| Standard-winged nightjar | Caprimulgus longipennis Shaw, 1796 | 97 |
| Pennant-winged nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius (Gould, 1838) | 98 |