Rufous Nightjar
Antrostomus rufus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Family
- Caprimulgidae
- Genus
- Antrostomus
- eBird Code
- rufnig1
Vocalizations
Ben Costamagna · CC_BY_4_0
Nicolas Olejnik · CC_BY_4_0
Ben Costamagna · CC_BY_4_0
Stephanie Tran · CC_BY_4_0
Gonzalo Roget · CC_BY_4_0
Allan Harris · CC0_1_0
Subspecies (4)
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Antrostomus rufus minimus
southeastern Costa Rica and Panama including Coiba Island (off southwestern Panama) to Colombia and Venezuela
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Antrostomus rufus otiosus
St. Lucia (Lesser Antilles)
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Antrostomus rufus rufus
southern Venezuela to the Guianas and north-central Brazil
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Antrostomus rufus rutilus
southern Brazil and eastern Bolivia to northern Argentina
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.