Bonaparte's Nightjar is a small nightjar of lowland forests in Southeast Asia. It catches insects in flight after dusk and rests among dense foliage by day.
This small nightjar is dark brown, with a bright white throat patch. Males also have white tips to the outer tail feathers.
It is nocturnal and rests in dense foliage by day. After dusk it flies out from a perch to catch flying insects.
A record dated 28 March 1908 describes a female collected at a nest containing one egg on the ground in scrub jungle.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.