This nightjar occurs from northern Colombia to central Venezuela. It is active at night and catches small invertebrates in the air.
Males have white on the outer tail, scapulars, and a bar across the primaries, as well as a white chin and throat. Females lack the white tail marks and have buff instead of white on the wings.
It uses forest and semi-open habitats and is nocturnal. Species-level data classify its feeding as sallying into the air for invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.