Distribution

Greater Antillean Nightjar is endemic to Cuba and Hispaniola in the Caribbean. On Cuba, it is most common on the Zapata Peninsula, the Isle of Youth (Isle of Pines), and Cayo Coco, although it probably occurs over much of Cuba where there is appropriate habitat (Garrido and Reynard 1998, Garrido and Kirkconnell 2000). On Hispaniola, it is known primarily from montane areas in the western third of the Dominican Republic, it apparently being rare and local in the eastern two thirds of the Dominican Republic, and there also being few records from Haiti (Wetmore and Swales 1932, Keith et al. 2003). The elevational distribution on Hispaniola is from the lowlands up to ca 1825 m, although most records are from "middle elevations" (Keith et al. 2003).

Endemic to the Americas.

The habitat of Greater Antillean Nightjar on Cuba and the Isle of Youth is described as "dense scrub" (Bond 1934), "open woodland and the edges of swamps" (Cleere 1998), and "rather dense forest" (Garrido and Kirkconnell 2000).

Although sometimes Greater Antillean Nightjar is reported to occur in pine forests on Hispaniola (e.g. Cleere 1998), it prefers broadleaf forests, and does not occur either in thorn scrub of low elevations, nor in high elevation pine forests (Keith et al. 2003).

None reported.

None reported.