---
title: "Chotacabras Macruro"
description: "Caprimulgus macrurus — Aves. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/large-tailed-nightjar
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chotacabras Macruro

> Caprimulgus macrurus — Aves. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Caprimulgus macrurus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2259
- Wikidata: [Q31941](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31941)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204476](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204476)

## Names

- en: Large-tailed Nightjar
- de: Langschwanznachtschwalbe
- es: Chotacabras Macruro
- fr: Engoulevent de Horsfield
- nl: Horsfields nachtzwaluw
- pl: Lelek paskogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

SG (719), TH (289), MY (222), ID (214), AU (210), IN (114), VN (63), BD (56), CN (14), KH (12), PH (10), BN (6)

## Photo

![Chotacabras Macruro](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/large-tailed-nightjar/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262541079

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/large-tailed-nightjar?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).