A nocturnal nightjar recorded on Hispaniola. Information is limited, and most records are from pine forest.
It is finely mottled brown and gray. Male tail-feather tips are white; those of females are buff.
It is nocturnal and rests low on shaded branches by day. Records are mainly from pine forest, with some broadleaf-forest records at 300–750 m.
It lays directly on the ground without building a nest. The usual clutch is two greenish-white eggs with brown markings.
The male song begins with a short tuc, followed by a trilled whistle that rises in pitch before fading.
Neither sex has white wing markings. There is no hindneck collar, but a thin, inconspicuous buff-cinnamon band crosses the lower throat.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.