List of birds of North America (Caprimulgiformes)

Main article: List of birds of 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 indicus (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

List of birds of North America

Anseriformes	Geese, ducks, swans and screamers

Tinamiformes	Tinamous

Galliiformes	Curassows, guans, guineafowls, quails, grouse and turkeys

Procellariiformes	Albatrosses, shearwaters and petrels

Suliformes	Frigatebirds, boobies, gannets, cormorants and darters

Pelicaniformes	Pelicans, bitterns, herons, egrets, ibises and spoonbills

Accipitriformes	Vultures, ospreys, eagles and kites

Gruiformes	Rails, gallinules, coots, sungrebe, limpkin and cranes

Charadriiformes	Thick-knees, lapwings, plovers, oystercatchers, stilts, avocets, jacanas, sandpipers, pratincoles, gulls, terns, skimmers, skuas, auks, murres and puffins

Falconiformes	Caracaras and falcons

Columbiformes	Pigeons and doves

Psittaciformes	Lorikeets, parakeets, macaws and parrots

Cuculiformes	Cuckoos, roadrunners and anis

Strigiformes	Owls

Caprimulgiformes	Nightjars, potoos and oilbird

Apodiformes	Swifts and hummingbirds

Coraciiformes	Todies, motmots and kingfishers

Piciformes	Puffbirds, jacamars, barbets, toucans, woodpeckers, sapsuckers and flickers

Passeriformes	Sapayoa, ovenbirds, antbirds, antpittas, tapaculos, flycatchers, tityras, cotingas, manakins, shrikes, vireos, jays, crows, magpies, ravens, larks, swallows, martins, chickadees, titmice, tits, nuthatches, treecreepers, wrens, gnatcatchers, dippers, bulbuls, kinglets, warblers, thrushes, mockingbirds, thrashers, starlings, mynas, accentors, wagtails, pipits, waxwings, longspurs, bananaquit, tanagers, saltators, sparrows, towhees, juncos, cardinals, grosbeaks, blackbirds, meadowlarks, cowbirds, grackles, orioles, finches, weavers and whydahs

Other orders	Loons, grebes, flamingos, penguins, tropicbirds, storks, sunbittern, trogons and hoopoes

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