Choco Poorwill

Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi (Hartert, EJO, 1895)

Choco Poorwill, Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi, is a nightjar of western Colombia and north-west Ecuador, where it breeds on the Pacific slope. It is a bird of the humid Chocó region, living in evergreen forest and often using edges beside rivers and gaps in the trees. The species was first described by Hartert in 1895. It is a dark brown bird with a greyish head marked by black spots, a throat with a large white patch, and two clear white spots on the wings.

Order

Caprimulgiformes

Family

Caprimulgidae — Nightjars

Breeding range

South America: w Colombia and nw Ecuador