Birds > Nightjars
Archbold’s Nightjar (Eurostopodus archboldi) is an enigmatic nocturnal caprimulgid restricted to the misty, frost-draped mountain heights of New Guinea’s Central Cordillera. Named in honor of explorer Richard Archbold, this secretive bird blends seamlessly...
Birds > Caprimulgiformes
The Band-tailed Nighthawk (Nyctiprogne leucopyga) is a graceful, dusk-hunting caprimulgid native to the great river highways of tropical South America. Ranging across the sprawling Amazon and Orinoco basins, this small, highly aerial insectivore is celebrated for its...
Birds > Potoos
The Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis) is the largest species of the nightjar-related potoo family (Nyctibiidae), celebrated throughout Central and South America for its eerie, melancholic nocturnal calls and otherworldly camouflage. Renowned as the ‘ghost...
Birds > Caprimulgiformes
The Nechisar Nightjar (Caprimulgus solala) is one of the most mysterious and enigmatic avian species on Earth, initially recognized by ornithologists in 1990 from a single salvaged wing discovered on a remote track across the Nechisar Plains in southwestern Ethiopia....
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