Nightjars

White-tailed Nightjar

Hydropsalis cayennensis

The White-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis cayennensis) is a 36 g grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Nightjars

Order

Caprimulgiformes

Weight

36 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

15

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