List of nocturnal birds

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 * North Island brown kiwi, Apteryx mantelli
 * Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
 * Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus
 * Long-eared owl, Asio otus
 * Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus
 * Barred owl, Strix varia
 * Spotted owl, Strix occidentalis
 * Eastern screech-owl, Megascops asio
 * Western screech-owl, Megascops kennicottii
 * Whiskered screech-owl, Megascops trichopsis
 * Flammulated owl, Psiloscops flammeolus
 * Elf owl, Micrathene whitneyi
 * Great gray owl, Strix nebulosa
 * Northern saw-whet owl, Aegolius acadicus
 * Boreal owl, Aegolius funereus
 * Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia
 * Powerful owl, Ninox strenua
 * Barking owl, Ninox connivens
 * Southern boobook, Ninox boobook
 * Tasmanian boobook, Ninox leucopsis
 * Rufous owl, Ninox rufa
 * Norfolk Island Boobook, Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata
 * Christmas Island Hawk-Owl, Ninox natalis
 * Eastern barn owl, Tyto alba delicatula
 * Kākāpō, Strigops habroptilus<ref
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 * Marbled frogmouth, Podargus ocellatus
 * Tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides
 * Papuan frogmouth, Podargus papuensis
 * White-throated nightjar, Eurostopodus mystacalis
 * Spotted nightjar, Eurostopodus argus
 * Australasian Large-tailed nightjar, Caprimulgus macrurus schlegelii
 * Australian owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles cristatus
 * Oilbird, Steatornis caripensis
 * Nightingale
 * Nightjar