---
title: "Mexican Whip-poor-will"
description: "Antrostomus arizonae — Birds. The Mexican whip-poor-will, (Antrostomus arizonae), is a medium-sized nightjar of the southwestern United States, Mexico, and northern Central America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mexican-whip-poor-will
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mexican Whip-poor-will

> Antrostomus arizonae — Birds. The Mexican whip-poor-will, (Antrostomus arizonae), is a medium-sized nightjar of the southwestern United States, Mexico, and northern Central America.

- Scientific name: *Antrostomus arizonae*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 897
- Wikidata: [Q1260505](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260505)
- iNaturalist taxon: [199831](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199831)

## Names

- en: Mexican Whip-poor-will
- de: Mexikonachtschwalbe
- es: Tapacaminos Cuerporruín Mexicano
- fr: Engoulevent d'Arizona
- nl: Mexicaanse whippoorwill
- pl: Lelkowiec arizoński

## Countries with the most observations

MX (467), US (205), HN (21), GT (10), SV (3)

## Summary

The Mexican whip-poor-will, (Antrostomus arizonae), is a medium-sized nightjar of the southwestern United States, Mexico, and northern Central America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_whip-poor-will

## Photo

![Mexican Whip-poor-will](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-whip-poor-will/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193326477

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mexican-whip-poor-will?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).