Band-tailed Nighthawk
Band-tailed NighthawkBand-tailed Nighthawk

Band-tailed Nighthawk

Nyctiprogne leucopyga

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Chapada dos Guimarães National Park
1 Verified records at Chapada dos Guimarães National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The band-tailed nighthawk (Nyctiprogne leucopyga) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is widely spread throughout northern and central South America. Five subspecies are recognised. They are nocturnal birds that feed on flying insects. As with almost all nightjars, they lay their eggs directly on the ground and rely their camouflaged plumage to avoid predation. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Chapada dos Guimarães National Park

Common Pauraque
LC Endemic

Common Pauraque

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Nyctidromus albicollis

20–30% · Possible
Rufous Nightjar

Rufous Nightjar

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Antrostomus rufus

10–20% · With luck
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
LC

Scissor-tailed Nightjar

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Hydropsalis torquata

5–10% · With luck
Little Nightjar
LC

Little Nightjar

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Setopagis parvula

5–10% · With luck
Band-winged Nightjar
LC

Band-winged Nightjar

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Systellura longirostris

5–10% · With luck
Ñacundá Nighthawk
LC

Ñacundá Nighthawk

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Chordeiles nacunda

<5% · Rare
Short-tailed Nighthawk
LC

Short-tailed Nighthawk

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Lurocalis semitorquatus

<5% · Rare
Ocellated Poorwill
LC

Ocellated Poorwill

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Nyctiphrynus ocellatus

Insufficient data
Blackish Nightjar
LC

Blackish Nightjar

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Nyctipolus nigrescens

Insufficient data
Lesser Nighthawk
LC

Lesser Nighthawk

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Chordeiles acutipennis

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Band-tailed Nighthawk at Chapada dos Guimarães National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
20–30%
2 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
10–20%
3 Canaima National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
Insufficient data
4 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
5 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
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