Do birds fly at night?

Diurnal and Nocturnal Birds. Most birds are diurnal, which means they are most active during the day but they typically rest at night. Nocturnal birds, such as owls, frogmouths, nighthawks, and night-herons, on the other hand, are most active during the night. read more

Steve is correct about the many other bird groups that have evolved to fly at night. There are at least three main reasons that birds fly at night. One being- that they are nocturnal. read more

Nocturnal birds, such as owls and nighthawks, always fly at night, and some other species of birds, such as thrushes, vireos, nuthatches and many sparrows, fly at night during migration periods only. Most species of birds rest during the night. read more

There are at least three main reasons that birds fly at night. One being- that they are nocturnal. A second would be that a diurnal (daytime) bird would be disturbed at night. read more