Tours where you can spot this bird
No tours linked yet.
Yucatan Poorwill
Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus (Hartert, EJO, 1892)
Caprimulgidae — Nightjars
Yucatan Poorwill Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus is a nightjar of the Yucatán Peninsula in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico. It belongs to the Caprimulgidae family and breeds in Middle America. The species is the smallest nightjar in the Yucatán Peninsula, and its plumage varies, with both brown and rufous forms recorded. It occurs from sea level to about 250 m in tropical, humid and semi-humid forest, scrubland and deciduous forest, including forest edges and interiors. Its breeding season in Guatemala runs from April to June, and it lays two eggs on the ground without a nest.
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Family
- Caprimulgidae — Nightjars
- Breeding range
- Middle America: Yucatán Pen.
