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
Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Nyctibiidae
Common potoo, Nyctibius griseus LC
Great potoo, Nyctibius grandis LC
Northern potoo, Nyctibius jamaicensis LC
Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Steatornithidae
Oilbird, Steatornis caripensis LC
