Eastern Whip-poor-will

Antrostomus vociferus

IUCN: Near Threatened

Taxonomy

Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Caprimulgidae
Genus
Antrostomus
eBird Code
easwpw1

Distribution

breeds southern Canada and eastern USA; winters to Cuba and western Panama

Vocalizations

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Rob Routledge · CC_BY_4_0

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.