Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Chordeiles minor
Aguaitacamino migratorio, Common Nighthawk
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Caprimulgidae
Genus
Chordeiles
Species
minor
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Migrant
Distribution: The species appears to be a fairly regular transient. Records are from Española, Isabela, Fernandina, and Santa Cruz (Castro and Phillips1996).
- Curry, R.L. Stoleson, S.H. (1988) New bird records from the Galapagos associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Condor 90(2): 505-507.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Lévêque, R. Bowman, R.I. & Billeb, S.L.. (1966) Migrants in the Galapagos area. Condor 68(1): 81-101.
- Meyer De Schauensee, R.M. (1966) The Species of Birds of South America and their Distribution. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chordeiles minor", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5065. Accessed 1 November 2026.