White-tailed Nightjar

White-tailed Nightjar

Hydropsalis cayennensis

5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Canaima National Park
24 Verified records at Canaima National Park
March Best month highest sighting rate
🌙 Nocturnal When it's active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am)

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a White-tailed Nightjar sighting in Canaima National Park, based on 24 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Canaima National Park

Band-winged Nightjar
LC

Band-winged Nightjar

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Systellura longirostris

5–10% · With luck
Least Nighthawk
LC

Least Nighthawk

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chordeiles pusillus

5–10% · Rare
Blackish Nightjar
LC

Blackish Nightjar

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Nyctipolus nigrescens

<5% · Rare
Common Pauraque
LC Endemic

Common Pauraque

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Nyctidromus albicollis

<5% · Rare
Band-tailed Nighthawk
LC

Band-tailed Nighthawk

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Nyctiprogne leucopyga

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
20–30
Mar
5–10
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
5–10
Aug
5–10
Sep
10–20
Oct
20–30
Nov
<5
Dec

🌙 When They're Spotted

Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)

🌙Nocturnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
10–20%
2 Canaima National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
5–10%
3 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
4 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
5 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
6 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
7 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
8 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a White-tailed Nightjar in Canaima National Park?

About 7% of wildlife watchers report a White-tailed Nightjar sighting in Canaima National Park, based on 24 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see White-tailed Nightjar in Canaima National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for White-tailed Nightjar in Canaima National Park in our monthly data.

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