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title: "Chuck-will's-widow"
description: "Antrostomus carolinensis — Uccelli. The chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis) is a nocturnal bird of the nightjar family Caprimulgidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/chuck-will-s-widow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chuck-will's-widow

> Antrostomus carolinensis — Uccelli. The chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis) is a nocturnal bird of the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.

- Scientific name: *Antrostomus carolinensis*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 5988
- Wikidata: [Q1262147](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1262147)
- iNaturalist taxon: [199833](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199833)

## Names

- en: Chuck-will's-widow
- de: Carolina-Nachtschwalbe
- es: Tapacaminos de Carolina
- fr: Engoulevent de Caroline
- nl: Chuck Will's widow
- pl: Lelkowiec karoliński

## Countries with the most observations

US (4887), CA (55), MX (48), CO (20), CR (16), PA (14), DO (10), GT (5), CU (4), SV (4), BS (3), HN (3)

## Summary

The chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis) is a nocturnal bird of the nightjar family Caprimulgidae. It is mostly found in the southeastern United States (with disjunct populations in Long Island, New York; Ontario, Canada; and Cape Cod, Massachusetts) near swamps, rocky uplands, and pine woods. It migrates to the West Indies, Central America, and northwestern South America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck-will%27s-widow

## Photo

![Chuck-will's-widow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chuck-will-s-widow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mirko Schoenitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6072071

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chuck-will-s-widow?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).