Systellura
| Systellura | |
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| Band-winged nightjar (Systellura longirostris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Systellura Ridgway, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Stenopsis ruficervix Sclater, PL, 1866
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Systellura is a genus of South American nightjars in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Systellura was introduced in 1912 by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway with Stenopsis ruficervix Sclater, PL, 1866, as the type species.[1][2] Stenopsis ruficervix is now considered to be a subspecies of Systellura longirostris, the band-winged nightjar.[3][4] The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek συστελλω/sustellō meaning "to shorten" and ουρα/oura meaning "tail".[5]
The genus contains the following two species:[3]
- Band-winged nightjar (Systellura longirostris)
- Tschudi's nightjar (Systellura decussata)
References
[edit]- ^ Ridgway, Robert (1912). "Diagnoses of some new genera of American birds". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 25: 97-102 [97].
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 196.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Frogmouths, Oilbird, potoos, nightjars". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Remsen, J.V. Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Systellura". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
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