# Nightjar birds of Puerto Rico

Canonical source: https://birdsofpuertorico.com/family/nightjar

Browsing group in the Birds of Puerto Rico guide; not necessarily a formal taxonomic family.

Nightjars and nighthawks hunt flying insects, often around dusk. Their mottled plumage makes resting birds remarkably difficult to spot.

## Species in this group

- [Antillean Nighthawk](https://birdsofpuertorico.com/bird/84/Antillean-Nighthawk.md): Chordeiles gundlachii.
- [Puerto Rican Nightjar](https://birdsofpuertorico.com/bird/86/Puerto-Rican-Nightjar.md): Antrostomus noctitherus.