Hispaniolan Nightjar - BirdForum Opus

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Antrostomus ekmani

Identification

26-30 cm

• Blackish-brown upper­parts
• Buff throat collar
• Pale spots on breast surrounded by narrow blackish borders, giving a somewhat pale impression
• Buff tips to outer tail feather in female, white in male
• Lacks white in wing

Distribution

Caribbean: endemic to Hispaniola

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

The former Greater Antillean Nightjar was split into this species and Cuban Nightjar.

Habitat

Woodland including pines up to 1850 m asl, but most frequent in mid elevation.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2) DRAFT. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Hispaniolan Nightjar. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hispaniolan_Nightjar

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