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Name Every Nightbird

The nightbird category consists of the nightjars, poorwills, pauraques, potoos, oilbird, frogmouths, and owlet-nightjars. They are primarily nocturnal insectivores, and curiously related to swifts and hummingbirds! There are 132 species of nightbird, how many can you name?
Does not contain hummingbirds, swifts, nor treeswifts
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Order
Family
Genus
Species
Nyctibiiformes
Nyctibiidae
Phyllaemulor
Rufous Potoo
 
 
Nyctibius
Great Potoo
 
Long-tailed Potoo
Common Potoo
Northern Potoo
Andean Potoo
White-winged Potoo
Podargiformes
Podargidae
Podargus
Tawny Frogmouth
 
 
 
Marbled Frogmouth
Papuan Frogmouth
Rigidipenna
Solomons Frogmouth
Batrachostomus
Large Frogmouth
 
Dulit Frogmouth
Philippine Frogmouth
Gould's Frogmouth
Sri Lanka Frogmouth
Hodgson's Frogmouth
Sumatran Frogmouth
Bornean Frogmouth
Javan Frogmouth
Blyth's Frogmouth
Palawan Frogmouth
Sunda Frogmouth
Aegotheliformes
Aegothelidae
Aegotheles
New Caledonian Owlet-Nightjar
 
 
 
Feline Owlet-Nightjar
Starry Owlet-Nightjar
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar
Mountain Owlet-Nightjar
Moluccan Owlet-Nightjar
Australian Owlet-Nightjar
Vogelkop Owlet-Nightjar
Barred Owlet-Nightjar
Karimui Owlet-Nightjar
Steatornithiformes
Steatornithidae
Steatornis
Oilbird
Caprimulguformes
Caprimulgidae
Eurostopodus
Spotted Nightjar
 
 
 
Solomons Nightjar
New Caledonian Nightjar
White-throated Nightjar
Diabolical Nightjar
Papuan Nightjar
Archbold's Nightjar
Lyncornis
Malaysian Eared-Nightjar
 
Great Eared-Nightjar
Gactornis
Collared Nightjar
Chordeiles
Nacunda Nighthawk
 
Least Nighthawk
Sand-colored Nighthawk
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Antillean Nighthawk
Lurocalis
Short-tailed Nighthawk
 
Rufous-bellied Nighthawk
Nyctiprogne
Band-tailed Nighthawk
 
Bahian Nighthawk
Nyctipolus
Blackish Nightjar
 
Pygmy Nightjar
Nyctidromus
Common Pauraque
 
Scrub Nightjar
Tepuiornis
Roraiman Nightjar
Uropsalis
Swallow-tailed Nightjar
 
Lyre-tailed Nightjar
Quechuavis
Tschudi's Nightjar
Setopagis
Todd's Nightjar
 
Little Nightjar
Cayenne Nightjar
Antiurus
Spot-tailed Nightjar
Order
Family
Genus
Species
 
 
Systellura
Band-winged Nightjar
Eleothreptus
White-winged Nightjar
 
Sickle-winged Nightjar
Hydropsalis
White-tailed Nightjar
 
Ladder-tailed Nightjar
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Macropsalis
Long-trained Nightjar
Siphonorhis
Jamaican Pauraque
 
Least Pauraque
Nyctiphrynus
Eared Poorwill
 
Yucatan Poorwill
Ocellated Poorwill
Choco Poorwill
Phalaenoptilus
Common Poorwill
Antrostomus
Chuck-will's-widow
 
Rufous Nightjar
Cuban Nightjar
Hispaniolan Nightjar
Tawny-collared Nightjar
Yucatan Nightjar
Silky-tailed Nightjar
Buff-collared Nightjar
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Dusky Nightjar
Mexican Whip-poor-will
Puerto Rican Nightjar
Veles
Brown Nightjar
Caprimulgus
Pennant-winged Nightjar
 
Standard-winged Nightjar
Red-necked Nightjar
Jungle Nightjar
Gray Nightjar
Palau Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Sombre Nightjar
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
Egyptian Nightjar
Nubian Nightjar
Sykes's Nightjar
Golden Nightjar
Large-tailed Nightjar
Timor Nightjar
Andaman Nightjar
Mees's Nightjar
Jerdon's Nightjar
Philippine Nightjar
Sulawesi Nightjar
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Montane Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Madagascar Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Star-spotted Nightjar
Nechisar Nightjar
Savanna Nightjar
Chirruping Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Bonaparte's Nightjar
Salvadori's Nightjar
Itombwe Nightjar
Bates's Nightjar
Long-tailed Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
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