Blackish Nightjar
Nyctipolus nigrescens
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCaprimulgiformes (Nightjars and Allies)
- FamilyCaprimulgidae (Nightjars and Allies)
- GenusNyctipolus (Blackish and Pygmy Nightjars)
- SpeciesNyctipolus nigrescens (Blackish Nightjar)
Closest Relatives at Anavilhanas National Park
Band-tailed Nighthawk
Nyctiprogne leucopyga
Common Pauraque
Nyctidromus albicollis
Ladder-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis climacocerca
Short-tailed Nighthawk
Lurocalis semitorquatus
Sand-colored Nighthawk
Chordeiles rupestris
Rufous Nightjar
Antrostomus rufus
Ñacundá Nighthawk
Chordeiles nacunda
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Canaima National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 4 | Cordillera Azul National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 9 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Blackish Nightjar in Anavilhanas National Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Blackish Nightjar sighting in Anavilhanas National Park, based on 39 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Blackish Nightjar in Anavilhanas National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Blackish Nightjar in Anavilhanas National Park in our monthly data.