North American Bird Order: Caprimulgiformes

Family: Caprimulgidae

Subfamily: Chordeilinae
• Lurocalis semitorquatus: Short-tailed Nighthawk
• Chordeiles acutipennis: Lesser Nighthawk
• Chordeiles minor: Common Nighthawk
• Chordeiles gundlachii: Antillean Nighthawk

Subfamily: Caprimulginae

Nyctidromus albicollis: Common Pauraque

Phalaenoptilus nuttallii: Common Poorwill

Siphonorhis americanua: Jamaican Pauraque

Siphonorhis brewsteri: Least Pauraque

Nyctiphrynus mcleodii: Eared Poorwill

Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus: Yucatan Poorwill

Nyctiphrynus ocellatus: Ocellated Poorwill

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 ridgwayi: Buff-collared Nightjar

Caprimulgus vociferus: Whip-poor-will

Caprimulgus noctitherus: Puerto Rican Nightjar

Caprimulgus saturatus: Dusky Nightjar

Caprimulgus cayennensis: White-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus maculicaudus: Spot-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus indicus: Gray Nightjar

Family: Nyctibiidae

• Nyctibius grandis: Great Potoo
• Nyctibius griseus: Common Potoo
• Nyctibius jamaicensis: Northern Potoo

Family: Steatornithidae

• Steatornis caripensis: Oilbird

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