Lyre-tailed Nightjar

Lyre-tailed Nightjar

Uropsalis lyra

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Chingaza National Natural Park

Closest Relatives at Chingaza National Natural Park

Swallow-tailed Nightjar
LC

Swallow-tailed Nightjar

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Uropsalis segmentata

<5% · Rare
Band-winged Nightjar
LC

Band-winged Nightjar

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Systellura longirostris

<5% · Rare
Lesser Nighthawk
LC

Lesser Nighthawk

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Chordeiles acutipennis

<5% · Rare
Common Pauraque
LC Endemic

Common Pauraque

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Nyctidromus albicollis

<5% · Rare
Least Nighthawk
LC

Least Nighthawk

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chordeiles pusillus

Insufficient data
Rufous-bellied Nighthawk
LC

Rufous-bellied Nighthawk

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lurocalis rufiventris

Insufficient data
Common Nighthawk
LC

Common Nighthawk

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Chordeiles minor

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
10–20%
2 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
3 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
4 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
5 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
6 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Lyre-tailed Nightjar in Chingaza National Natural Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Lyre-tailed Nightjar sighting in Chingaza National Natural Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Lyre-tailed Nightjar in Chingaza National Natural Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Lyre-tailed Nightjar in Chingaza National Natural Park in our monthly data.

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