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Caprimulgiformes / Caprimulgidae / Nyctiphrynus

Eared Poorwill

Nyctiphrynus mcleodii

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (earpoo1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Nyctiphrynus

Subspecies (2)

Nyctiphrynus mcleodii mcleodii

western Mexico (Chihuahua and southern Sonora to Jalisco and Colima)
Nyctiphrynus mcleodii rayi

oak-pine woodland of Guerrero and southern Oaxaca (west-central to southwestern Mexico)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (earpoo1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.