There are many birds that are active nocturnally . Some, like owls and nighthawks , are predominantly nocturnal whereas others do specific tasks, like migrating, nocturnally.
North Island brown kiwi , Apteryx mantelli [ 1]
Black-crowned night heron , Nycticorax nycticorax [ 1]
Short-eared owl , Asio flammeus [ 1]
Long-eared owl , Asio otus [ 1]
Great horned owl , Bubo virginianus [ 1]
Barred owl , Strix varia [ 1]
Spotted owl , Strix occidentalis [ 1]
Eastern screech-owl , Megascops asio [ 1]
Western screech-owl , Megascops kennicottii [ 1]
Whiskered screech-owl , Megascops trichopsis [ 1]
Flammulated owl , Psiloscops flammeolus [ 1]
Elf owl , Micrathene whitneyi [ 1]
Great gray owl , Strix nebulosa [ 1]
Northern saw-whet owl , Aegolius acadicus [ 1]
Boreal owl , Aegolius funereus [ 1]
Burrowing owl , Athene cunicularia [ 1]
Powerful owl , Ninox strenua [ 2]
Barking owl , Ninox connivens [ 2]
Southern boobook , Ninox boobook [ 2]
Tasmanian boobook , Ninox leucopsis [ 2]
Rufous owl , Ninox rufa [ 2]
Norfolk Island Boobook , Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata [ 2]
Christmas Island Hawk-Owl , Ninox natalis [ 2]
Eastern barn owl , Tyto alba delicatula[ 2]
Kākāpō , Strigops habroptilus [ 1]
Marbled frogmouth , Podargus ocellatus [ 2]
Tawny frogmouth , Podargus strigoides [ 2]
Papuan frogmouth , Podargus papuensis [ 2]
White-throated nightjar , Eurostopodus mystacalis [ 2]
Spotted nightjar , Eurostopodus argus [ 2]
Australasian Large-tailed nightjar, Caprimulgus macrurus schlegelii [ 2]
Australian owlet-nightjar , Aegotheles cristatus [ 2]
Oilbird , Steatornis caripensis [ 3]
Nightingale
Nightjar