Chuck-will's-widow

Weight

108 g – 115 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

14.8 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

woodlandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

20 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

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

Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The chuck-will's-widow is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

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

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderCaprimulgiformes
5. familyCaprimulgidae
6. genusAntrostomus
7. SpeciesAntrostomus carolinensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Synonyms Caprimulgus carolinensis

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

NT, Near Threatened

Eastern whip-poor-will

Antrostomus vociferus

Caprimulgidae

LC, Least Concern

Rufous nightjar

Antrostomus rufus

Caprimulgidae

LC, Least Concern

Dusky nightjar

Antrostomus saturatus

Caprimulgidae

LC, Least Concern

Cuban nightjar

Antrostomus cubanensis

Caprimulgidae

LC, Least Concern

Silky-tailed nightjar

Antrostomus sericocaudatus

Caprimulgidae

LC, Least Concern

Y

Yucatan nightjar

Antrostomus badius

CaprimulgidaeNo free photo yet

CompareChuck-will's-widow vs Eastern whip-poor-willChuck-will's-widow vs Rufous nightjarChuck-will's-widow vs Dusky nightjarChuck-will's-widow vs Cuban nightjar

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@misc{chuck_wills_widow_2026,
  title = {Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chuck-wills-widow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}