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72 species found for “nocturnal” in North America
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Lesser Nighthawk
Chordeiles acutipennis
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Antillean Nighthawk
Chordeiles gundlachii
Common Poorwill
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Chuck-will's-widow
Antrostomus carolinensis
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Antrostomus vociferus
Mexican Whip-poor-will
Antrostomus arizonae
Black Swift
Cypseloides niger
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Vaux's Swift
Chaetura vauxi
Yellow Rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Black Rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
Sora
Porzana carolina
Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
Mountain Plover
Charadrius montanus
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
Scripps's Murrelet
Synthliboramphus scrippsi
Guadalupe Murrelet
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus
Ancient Murrelet
Synthliboramphus antiquus
Cassin's Auklet
Ptychoramphus aleuticus
Cory's Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna grisea
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates leucorhous

Ashy Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates homochroa
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates castro
Black Storm-Petrel
Oceanodroma melania
Least Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates microsoma
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolus
Western Screech-Owl
Megascops kennicottii
Eastern Screech-Owl
Megascops asio
Whiskered Screech-Owl
Megascops trichopsis
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Snowy Owl
Bubo scandiacus
Northern Hawk Owl
Surnia ulula
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium brasilianum
Elf Owl
Micrathene whitneyi
Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia
Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Great Gray Owl
Strix nebulosa
Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereus
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicus
Prairie Falcon
Falco mexicanus
Green Parakeet
Psittacara holochlorus
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimus
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Great Black Hawk
Buteogallus urubitinga
Semiplumbeous Hawk
Leucopternis plumbeus
Milvoides kempi
Milvoides kempi
Promilio epileus
Promilio epileus
Howard's Condor
Gymnogyps howardae
Howard's Vulture
Paracathartes howardae
West Indian Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna arborea
Yucatan Nightjar
Antrostomus badius
Greater Antillean Nightjar
Antrostomus cubanensis
Hispaniolan Nightjar
Antrostomus ekmani
Puerto Rican Nightjar
Antrostomus noctitherus
Buff-collared Nightjar
Antrostomus ridgwayi

Rufous Nightjar
Antrostomus rufus
Tawny-collared Nightjar
Antrostomus salvini
Dusky Nightjar
Antrostomus saturatus