Antillean nighthawk

Weight

50 g – 79.3 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

9 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

10 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

shrublandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

19 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

1.4 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Aerialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Migratorysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The antillean nighthawk is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderCaprimulgiformes
5. familyCaprimulgidae
6. genusChordeiles
7. SpeciesChordeiles gundlachii Lawrence, 1857

Synonyms Caprimulgus virginianus, Chordeiles gundlachii gundlachii, Chordeiles gundlachii vicinus, Chordeiles minor gundlachii, Chordeiles minor vicinus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Common nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

Caprimulgidae

LC, Least Concern

Lesser nighthawk

Chordeiles acutipennis

Caprimulgidae

LC, Least Concern

Nacunda nighthawk

Chordeiles nacunda

Caprimulgidae

LC, Least Concern

Sand-coloured nighthawk

Chordeiles rupestris

Caprimulgidae

LC, Least Concern

L

Least nighthawk

Chordeiles pusillus

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CompareAntillean nighthawk vs Common nighthawkAntillean nighthawk vs Lesser nighthawkAntillean nighthawk vs Nacunda nighthawkAntillean nighthawk vs Sand-coloured nighthawk

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@misc{antillean_nighthawk_2026,
  title = {Antillean nighthawk (Chordeiles gundlachii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/antillean-nighthawk},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}