Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Puerto Rico, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
White-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis cayennensis) [XC220349]
by Peter Boesman from Guataparo area, Carabobo, Venezuela (song)
White-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis cayennensis) [XC206541]
by Hans Matheve from 3 km west of El Limonal, Imbabura, Ecuador (song)
Subspecies
Has been considered to have close affinities with White-winged Nightjar (Eleothreptus candicans), forming superspecies or possibly even conspecific, but available evidence suggests that they may not be closely related. Species formerly listed as Caprimulgus albicauda.
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
albicauda (Lawrence, 1875) - South-eastern Costa Rica east to north-western Colombia.
aperta J. L. Peters, 1940 - Western Colombia south to extreme northern Ecuador.
insularis (Richmond, 1902) - Extreme north-eastern Colombia, north-western Venezuela, Margarita I and islands of Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire.
manati (Pinchon, 1963) - Martinique.
leopetes (Jardine & Selby, 1830) - Trinidad, Tobago, Bocas Is and Little Tobago.
cayennensis (Gmelin, 1789) - East-central and north-eastern Colombia east through Venezuela, the Guianas and probably extreme northern Brazil.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet