Birds of Brazil

    CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)  
Genus: Nyctipolus (2 species, 2 worldwide)


Pygmy Nightjar
Pygmy Nightjar (Nyctipolus hirundinaceus) ENDEMIC
Sitio Pau Preto, Potengi, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.


Blackish Nightjar
Blackish Nightjar (Nyctipolus nigrescens) Male
Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Generally very common in its range.


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Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba