Cuban Nightjar (Antrostomus cubanensis)
About the Cuban Nightjar
The Cuban nightjar (Antrostomus cubanensis), sometimes also Greater Antillean nightjar, is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is endemic to Cuba. The Cuban nightjar was originally described as Antrostomus cubanensis; the genus was later lumped into genus Caprimulgus and still later restored as a separate genus. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC), BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW), and the Clements taxonomy consider it a species. According to them the Cuban nightjar has two subspecies, the nominate A. c. cubanensis and A. c. insulaepinorum. The American Ornithological Society (AOS) considers those two subspecies and the Hispaniolan nightjar to be subspecies of the Greater Antillean nightjar.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 2 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA · 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Cuba in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Buff-collared NightjarAntrostomus ridgwayirecording
- Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensisrecording
- Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusrecording
- Mexican Whip-poor-willAntrostomus arizonaerecording
- Rufous NightjarAntrostomus rufusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.