About the Little Nightjar
The little nightjar is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
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The little nightjar is 19 to 21 cm (7.5 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 25 to 46.5 g (0.88 to 1.6 oz). The male is generally grayish brown with buff, brown, and blackish brown spots and streaks. The belly is buff with brown bars. Its hindneck has a broad but indistinct buff collar, the chin is buffy, and the throat is white. Its wing has a broad white band and the outer tail feathers have white tips. The female is similar but its throat is buff and it does not have white on the wing and tail. Voice: The little nightjar's song is "a rattling, clacking, flat, unbirdlike sound in pattern of hurr-ee quick quick quick quick quick quick".
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What the Little Nightjar sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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