List of North American birds (Caprimulgiformes)
Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Caprimulgidae
Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills that usually nest on the ground. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is crypically coloured to resemble bark or leaves.
- Antillean Nighthawk, Chordeiles gundlachii
- Buff-collared Nightjar, Caprimulgus ridgwayi
- Chuck-will's-WIDOW, Caprimulgus carolinensis
- Common Nighthawk, Chordeiles minor
- Common Poorwill, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Dusky Nightjar, Caprimulgus saturatus
- Eared Poorwill, Nyctiphrynus mcleodii
- Eastern Whip-poor-will, Caprimulgus vociferus
- Gray Nightjar, Caprimulgus indicus (A)
- Greater Antillean Nightjar, Caprimulgus cubanensis
- Jamaican Pauraque, Siphonorhis americana (E)
- Least Pauraque, Siphonorhis brewsteri
- Lesser Nighthawk, Chordeiles acutipennis
- Mexican Whip-poor-will, Caprimulgus arizonae
- Nacunda Nighthawk, Podager nacunda
- Ocellated Poorwill, Nyctiphrynus ocellatus
- Common Pauraque, Nyctidromus albicollis
- Puerto Rican Nightjar, Caprimulgus noctitherus
- Rufous Nightjar, Caprimulgus rufus
- Short-tailed Nighthawk, Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Spot-tailed Nightjar, Caprimulgus maculicaudus
- Tawny-collared Nightjar, Caprimulgus salvini
- White-tailed Nightjar, Caprimulgus cayennensis
- Yucatan Nightjar, Caprimulgus badius
- Yucatan Poorwill, Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
Potoos
Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Nyctibiidae
- Common Potoo, Nyctibius griseus
- Great Potoo, Nyctibius grandis
- Northern Potoo, Nyctibius jamaicensis
Oilbird
Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Steatornithidae
- Oilbird, Steatornis caripensis