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Formerly considered conspecific with Scrub Nightjar (Nyctidromus anthonyi), but differs in vocalizations. Birds of Santa Marta region (northern Colombia) have been considered a separate species, Todd's Nightjar (Setopagis heterura), again on basis of vocal differences, but these are normally considered insufficiently marked to justify such a split.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

• heterura (Todd, 1915)   -  Northern Colombia and north-western and central-eastern Venezuela. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Todd's Nightjar (Setopagis heterura).
• parvula Gould, 1837   -  Eastern Peru through Brazil (south of Amazon) and south to northern Argentina and Uruguay.

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