Ocellated poorwill
| Ocellated poorwill | |
|---|---|
| at Tremembé, São Paulo State, Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Nyctiphrynus |
| Species: | N. ocellatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nyctiphrynus ocellatus (Tschudi, 1844) | |
The ocellated poorwill (Nyctiphrynus ocellatus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Peru.