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Caprimulgidae
Species Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis Scrub Nightjar Caprimulgus anthonyi Ruwenzori Nightjar Caprimulgus ruwenzorii |
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A Guide to Nightjars, Nighthawks, and Their Relatives
by Nigel Cleere & Illustration by Dave Nurney Pica press 1998 HardbackSee: http://www.yale.edu/yup/books/074573.htm
ISBN: 1873403488
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A Sound Guide to Nightjars and Related Nightbirds
Compiled by Richard Ranft. The British Library National Sound Archive. Consultant Nigel Cleere. In case of difficulty in obtaining copies in the U.K. apply to:Pica Press, The Banks, Mountfield, Nr. Robertsbridge, East Sussex TN32 5JY,and in the U.S.A. to: Yale University Press, P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040Nightjars & their Allies
by D T Holyoak [Illustrated by Martin Woodcock] OUP 2001ISBN: 0198549873
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Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillarius
http://members.lycos.nl/KeesBakker/pwnightjar2.htm[Very good] Image
Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
http://www.wildflorida.org/bba/anni.htmThe Antillean Nighthawk is a rare but regular summer resident of the Florida Keys and southeastern mainland...
Blackish Nightjar Caprimulgus nigrescens
http://webserv.nhl.nl/~ribot/english/capni_ng.htmNightjars are unconspicious brown birds with little brown-yellow stripes and blots on their feathers and some white in their wings throat and tail. They can be seen everywhere in Suriname, but mostly on the savanna and along open places in the forest...
Buff-collared Nightjar Caprimulgus ridgwayi
http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/cbrc/photos/bcni.htmlImage
Caprimulgiformes
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/splists/Caprimulgiformescl.html#AegothelidaeList of all related families with species
Collared Nightjar Caprimulgus enarratus
http://hem.fyristorg.com/nonne/Collared%20Nightjar.htmlImage
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i4200id.htmlSeparated from all nightjars except nighthawks by the pale patch in the wing...
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
http://donb.furfly.net/malheur/birds/nighthawk.htmlSome facts and excellent images
Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i4190id.htmlThe white wing patches of the Common Pauraque are similar to the wing patches in nighthawks but note the longer tail, browner upperparts and different call. Other goatsuckers lack the white wing patches and have different calls...
Common poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i4180id.htmlSeparated from nighthawks by the lack of a pale patch in the wing. Told from other nightjars by small size, wingtips which reach the tip of the short tail at rest, and pale gray coloration. All nightjars are easily identified by their distinctive songs...
Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
http://i-bird.com/Species/CmnPoorwill.htmNotes and distribution in the US
Dusky Nightjar Caprimulgus saturatus
http://www.genesis-two.com/originalsite/bird25.htmlWhat are the best months to see me at the GENESIS II lodge in Costa Rica?
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
http://enhg3.4t.com/b/b41/41_09.htmNightjars Caprimulgidae are passage migrants in the UAE, with the birds we see here likely to breed in Central Asia, although their range extends from Western Europe across to Far Eastern Russia, Mongolia and even China in suitable habitats. Central Asia probably provides the bulk of the birds that pass through the UAE on their way to wintering areas in Eastern Africa, although we also see the occasional one whose plumage suggests they are of European races. To date, two species have been recorded locally, the Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus and the Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius, the latter only in the Northern Emirates. Most UAE records are of the former species...
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
http://www.naturalia.org/zoo/AN_CIELO/e_succ_fos.htmlImage and a few facts
Genus changes in Nightjars and Allies
http://www.ornitaxa.com/SM/GenChange/GeneraNightjars.htmA review of the taxonomy and systematics of Nightjars
Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
http://www.haryana-online.com/Fauna/Birds/grey_nightjar.htm{Excellent} Image
Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
http://www.goldenlandpages.com/birds/10.htmImage
Itombwe Nightjar Caprimulgus prigoginei
http://home.online.no/~stingray/Itombwe_Nightjar.htmThe Itombwe Nightjar is known from a single female specimen, collected in the Itombwe Mountains in east-central Congo. Location map...
Jamaican Pauraque [Jamaican Poorwill] - Siphonorhis americanus
http://www.irf.org/bameric.htmEndemic to Jamaica, this rare pauraque is known from very few records, the last of which was in 1859, although there have been some recent unconfirmed reports. Almost nothing has been documented about the ecology of the bird, to the extent that it is still uncertain whether it inhabited tall forest or arid scrub.
Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
http://i-bird.com/Species/LesserNighthawk.htmUS distribution etc...
Ocellated Poorwill Nyctiphrynus ocellatus
http://www.sub.net.au/~vwspbt01/poorwill.htmImage etc.
Puerto Rican Nightjar Caprimulgus noctitherus
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Jungle/7751/prnjar.htmlThe Puertorican Nightjar (Puerto Rican whip-poor-will) is a robin-sized, nocturnal bird. This species is found only on the island of Puerto Rico
Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
http://www.eurobirding.co.uk/red_necked_nightjar.HTMAs a breeding bird confined to the Western Palearctic and found in much of Spain (though absent from the north); in southern Portugal and in North-West Africa from central Morocco to northern Tunisia. Fairly common in Iberia but uncommon over much of North African range...
Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis brasiliana
http://www.focusonnature.com/Scissor-tailed%20Nightjar.htm[Poor] Image
Whippoorwill Camprimulgus vociferus
http://www.cesa10.k12.wi.us/Ecosystems/woodlands/birds/whippoorwill.htmImage & a few facts
White-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus candicans
http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/white-wingednightjar.htmlThe White-winged Nightjar is classified as Endangered. It is believed that there are only a few hundred birds left in Brazil and about fifty in Paraguay...
Yucatan Nightjar Caprimulgus badius
http://www.lamanai.com/gal/birds/nightjar.htmlImage
Yucatan Nightjar Caprimulgus badius
http://www.neotropicalbirdclub.org/feature/cotinga08/yucatannightjar.htmlYucatan Nightjar, Caprimulgus badius, as its name suggests, is largely endemic to Mexico`s Yucatan Peninsula where it is generally common to fairly common in scrubby and brushy woodland, and forest-edge habitats (1,5). As with many New World nightjars, knowledge of this species` taxonomy, voice and distribution has entailed the unravelling of misconceptions and perpetuated errors...
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