Nightjars

Yucatan Poorwill

Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus

The Yucatan Poorwill (Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus) is a 24 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Nightjars

Order

Caprimulgiformes

Weight

24 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

3

Photo: (c) Annika Lindqvist, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist