List of nightjars
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This is a list of nightjar and eared-nightjar species, sortable by common name or binomial.
| Name | binomial |
|---|---|
| Band-tailed Nighthawk | Nyctiprogne leucopyga |
| Nacunda Nighthawk | Podager nacunda |
| Rufous-bellied Nighthawk | Lurocalis rufiventris |
| Short-tailed Nighthawk | Lurocalis semitorquatus |
| Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii |
| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor |
| Least Nighthawk | Chordeiles pusillus |
| Sand-colored Nighthawk | Chordeiles rupestris |
| Egyptian Nightjar | Caprimulgus aegyptius |
| Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis |
| Scrub Nightjar | Caprimulgus anthonyi |
| Indian Nightjar | Caprimulgus asiaticus |
| Jerdon's Nightjar | Caprimulgus atripennis |
| Yucatan Nightjar | Caprimulgus badius |
| Bates's Nightjar | Caprimulgus batesi |
| Brown Nightjar | Caprimulgus binotatus |
| White-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus candicans |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Caprimulgus carolinensis |
| White-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus cayennensis |
| Sulawesi Nightjar | Caprimulgus celebensis |
| Vaurie's Nightjar | Caprimulgus centralasicus |
| Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus |
| Long-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus |
| Bonaparte's Nightjar | Caprimulgus concretus |
| Greater Antillean Nightjar | Caprimulgus cubanensis |
| Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar | Caprimulgus donaldsoni |
| Collared Nightjar | Caprimulgus enarratus |
| European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus |
| Golden Nightjar | Caprimulgus eximius |
| Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii |
| Sombre Nightjar | Caprimulgus fraenatus |
| Pygmy Nightjar | Caprimulgus hirundinaceus |
| Grey Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus |
| Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus |
| Band-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus longirostris |
| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus |
| Spot-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus maculicaudus |
| Cayenne Nightjar | Caprimulgus maculosus |
| Madagascar Nightjar | Caprimulgus madagascariensis |
| Sykes's Nightjar | Caprimulgus mahrattensis |
| Philippine Nightjar | Caprimulgus manillensis |
| Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis |
| Blackish Nightjar | Caprimulgus nigrescens |
| Black-shouldered Nightjar | Caprimulgus nigriscapularis |
| Puerto Rican Nightjar | Caprimulgus noctitherus |
| Nubian Nightjar | Caprimulgus nubicus |
| Little Nightjar | Caprimulgus parvulus |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis |
| Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus |
| Itombwe Nightjar | Caprimulgus prigoginei |
| Salvadori's Nightjar | Caprimulgus pulchellus |
| Buff-collared Nightjar | Caprimulgus ridgwayi |
| Red-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus ruficollis |
| Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena |
| Rufous Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufus |
| Ruwenzori Nightjar | Caprimulgus ruwenzorii |
| Tawny-collared Nightjar | Caprimulgus salvini |
| Dusky Nightjar | Caprimulgus saturatus |
| Silky-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus sericocaudatus |
| Star-spotted Nightjar | Caprimulgus stellatus |
| Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma |
| Whip-poor-will | Caprimulgus vociferus |
| Roraiman Nightjar | Caprimulgus whitelyi |
| Scissor-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis brasiliana |
| Ladder-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis climacocerca |
| Standard-winged Nightjar | Macrodipteryx longipennis |
| Pennant-winged Nightjar | Macrodipteryx vexillarius |
| Long-trained Nightjar | Macropsalis creagra |
| Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis |
| Eared Poorwill | Nyctiphrynus mcleodii |
| Ocellated Poorwill | Nyctiphrynus ocellatus |
| Yucatan Poorwill | Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus |
| Common Poorwill | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii |
| Jamaican Poorwill | Siphonorhis americanus |
| Least Poorwill | Siphonorhis brewsteri |
| Lyre-tailed Nightjar | Uropsalis lyra |
| Swallow-tailed Nightjar | Uropsalis segmentata |
| Sickle-winged Nightjar | Eleothreptus anomalus |
| Mountain Eared-nightjar | Eurostopodus archboldi |
| Spotted Eared-nightjar | Eurostopodus argus |
| Satanic Eared-nightjar | Eurostopodus diabolicus |
| Great Eared-nightjar | Eurostopodus macrotis |
| White-throated Eared-nightjar | Eurostopodus mystacalis |
| Papuan Eared-nightjar | Eurostopodus papuensis |
| Malaysian Eared-nightjar | Eurostopodus temminckii |
