White-tailed Nightjar

Taxonomy

Order

Caprimulgiformes

Family

Caprimulgidae

Genus

Hydropsalis

eBird Code

whtnig1

Subspecies (6)

• Hydropsalis cayennensis albicauda

  savanna of southeastern Costa Rica to northwestern Colombia

• Hydropsalis cayennensis aperta

  western Colombia to far northern Ecuador

• Hydropsalis cayennensis cayennensis

  eastern Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas, and far northern Brazil

• Hydropsalis cayennensis insularis

  northeastern Colombia, and northwestern Venezuela including Isla Margarita and adjacent islands

• Hydropsalis cayennensis leopetes

  Trinidad and Tobago, including Bocas Islands and Little Tobago

• Hydropsalis cayennensis manati

  Martinique (Lesser Antilles)