---
title: "Corucão"
description: "Chordeiles nacunda — Aves. The nacunda nighthawk (Chordeiles nacunda) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/nacunda-nighthawk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Corucão

> Chordeiles nacunda — Aves. The nacunda nighthawk (Chordeiles nacunda) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae.

- Scientific name: *Chordeiles nacunda*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 804
- Wikidata: [Q1260007](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260007)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19661](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19661)

## Names

- en: Nacunda Nighthawk
- de: Weißbauchnachtschwalbe
- es: Ñacundá
- fr: Engoulevent nacunda
- nl: Podager
- pt: Corucão
- pl: Lelczyk duży

## Countries with the most observations

BR (408), AR (210), UY (67), PY (21), BO (17), CO (13), GY (5), TT (4)

## Summary

The nacunda nighthawk (Chordeiles nacunda) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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

## Photo

![Corucão](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/nacunda-nighthawk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Julia Ariadna · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265908709

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/nacunda-nighthawk?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).