Nyctiphrynus
| Nyctiphrynus | |
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| Yucatan poorwill (Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Nyctiphrynus Bonaparte, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| Caprimulgus ocellatus Tschudi, 1844
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Nyctiphrynus is a genus of birds in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae that are found in Middle and South America.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Nyctiphrynus was introduced in 1847 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. He listed three species in the genus but did not specify the type species.[1] In 1914 Harry C. Oberholser designated Caprimulgus ocellatus Tschudi, 1844, the ocellated poorwill, as the type.[2][3] The genus name Nyctiphrynus is derived from the Ancient Greek νυκτι-/nukti- meaning "night-" or "nocturnal" and φρυνη/phrunē meaning "toad".[4]
The genus contains the following four species:[5]
- Eared poorwill (Nyctiphrynus mcleodii)
- Ocellated poorwill (Nyctiphrynus ocellatus)
- Chocó poorwill (Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi)
- Yucatan poorwill (Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus)
References
[edit]- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1847). "Parallelismo u tribu dei cantori fissirostri e quella dei volucri hianti e dei notturni ovvero insidenti". Rivista Contemporanea (in Italian). 9: 209-217 [215].
- ^ Oberholser, Harry C. (1914). A Monograph of the Genus Chardeiles Swainson, Type of a New Family of Goatsuckers. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. Volume 86. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. p. 8, Note 5.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 195.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Nyctiphrynus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Frogmouths, Oilbird, potoos, nightjars". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
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