List of birds of North America (Caprimulgiformes)
The birds listed below all belong to the biological order Caprimulgiformes, and are native to North America.
Nightjars
Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Caprimulgidae
Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground. They have long wings, short legs and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is cryptically coloured to resemble bark or leaves.
- Antillean nighthawk, Chordeiles gundlachii LC
- Buff-collared nightjar, Caprimulgus ridgwayi LC
- Chuck-will's-widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis LC
- Common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor LC
- Common poorwill, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii LC
- Dusky nightjar, Caprimulgus saturatus LC
- Eared poorwill, Nyctiphrynus mcleodii LC
- Eastern whip-poor-will, Caprimulgus vociferus LC
- Gray nightjar, Caprimulgus jotaka (A) LC
- Greater Antillean nightjar, Caprimulgus cubanensis LC
- Jamaican pauraque, Siphonorhis americana (E) CR
- Least pauraque, Siphonorhis brewsteri NT
- Lesser nighthawk, Chordeiles acutipennis LC
- Mexican whip-poor-will, Caprimulgus arizonae LC
- Nacunda nighthawk, Podager nacunda LC
- Ocellated poorwill, Nyctiphrynus ocellatus LC
- Common pauraque, Nyctidromus albicollis LC
- Puerto Rican nightjar, Caprimulgus noctitherus EN E
- Rufous nightjar, Caprimulgus rufus LC
- Short-tailed nighthawk, Lurocalis semitorquatus LC
- Spot-tailed nightjar, Caprimulgus maculicaudus LC
- Tawny-collared nightjar, Caprimulgus salvini LC
- White-tailed nightjar, Caprimulgus cayennensis LC
- Yucatan nightjar, Caprimulgus badius LC
- Yucatan poorwill, Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus LC
Potoos
Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Nyctibiidae
- Common potoo, Nyctibius griseus LC
- Great potoo, Nyctibius grandis LC
- Northern potoo, Nyctibius jamaicensis LC
Oilbird
Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Steatornithidae
- Oilbird, Steatornis caripensis LC
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