Nightjars

Pauraque

Nyctidromus albicollis

The Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) is a 58 g woodland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Nightjars

Order

Caprimulgiformes

Weight

58 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

22

Recorded in Costa Rica, United States, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Belize, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Guatemala, Argentina, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Honduras, Bolivia, Paraguay, El Salvador, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, GF, Uruguay.

Where to see it: Estero Llano Grande SP WBC (LTC 054) (United States); MEX - Veracruz- MInatitlan - Pantano de Santa Alejandrin (Mexico); Surama EcoLodge (Guyana); Reserva Privada Montibelli (Nicaragua); Hotel Tinamú Birding Nature Reserve (Colombia).

Photo: (c) Grete Pasch, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist