Nightjars Along Tiputini River In Orellana, Ecuador March 22, 2024 (1 Viewer)

[Itspartypete]

These are some nightjars seen along a river. I suspect at least two species are here, but I'm not sure. Any tips for future ID are much appreciated. Pics 1&2 are a single individual, 3-5 are a single individual, and the remaining are all different individuals.

 

[JWN Andrewes]

Nightjars are soooo tricky! I think 3-5, 7 and maybe 6 are Ladder-tailed.

The others got me beat for now!

 

[THE_FERN]

(I think 1,2 look like band-winged but that shouldn't occur there. Are we sure they weren't photographed further west?)

 

[Itspartypete]

(I think 1,2 look like band-winged but that shouldn't occur there. Are we sure they weren't photographed further west?)

All photos were taken along the Tiputini river within ~200m of these coordinates: -0.638585, -76.160150.

 

[THE_FERN]

All photos were taken along the Tiputini river within ~200m of these coordinates: -0.638585, -76.160150.

Well the checklists from that area are clear that there are only a few choices and band-winged isn't one of them. I couldn't obviously fit 1-3 to the others