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 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
Ladder-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis climacocerca
Common Pauraque
Nyctidromus albicollis
Sand-colored Nighthawk
Chordeiles rupestris
Short-tailed Nighthawk
Lurocalis semitorquatus
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Ocellated Poorwill
Nyctiphrynus ocellatus
Lesser Nighthawk
Chordeiles acutipennis
📅 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 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Blackish Nightjar sighting in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, based on 48 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Blackish Nightjar in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?
February has the highest sighting rate for Blackish Nightjar in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve in our monthly data.