Usage examples (5)

• On the second night there was a scare when a poorwill swooped over the restless herd, uttering its mournful cry.
• The goatsuckers are a group of birds whose members include the poorwill whip or not, the nighthawk, and yes, the pauraque.
• An explanation that does nothing for most folks around here, unless they used to live back East and have an idea what a poorwill is.
• Their weird cries are reflected in the common names for many of the species, e.g., whippoorwill, chuck-will's-widow, poorwill, poor-me-one, potoo, and pauraque.