| Lurocalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Subfamily: | Chordeilinae |
| Genus: | Lurocalis Cassin, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Caprimulgus nattereri (short-tailed nighthawk) Temminck, 1822
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Lurocalis is a genus of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. The species are found in Central and South America.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Lurocalis was introduced in 1851 by the American ornithologist John Cassin.[1] The type species was designated as Caprimulgus nattereri Temminck, 1822, by George Robert Gray in 1855. This taxon is now considered as a subspecies of the short-tailed nighthawk.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek oura meaning "tail" with kolos meaning "stunted".[4]
The genus contains two species.[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Lurocalis rufiventris Taczanowski, 1884 | Rufous-bellied nighthawk | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela |
| Lurocalis semitorquatus (Gmelin, 1789) | Short-tailed nighthawk | Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. |
References
[edit]- ^ Cassin, John (1851). "Notes of an examination of the birds composing the family Caprimulgidae, in the collection of the Academy of Natural Science Philadelphia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5: 175–190 [189].
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 184.
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 12.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 232. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Frogmouths, Oilbird, potoos, nightjars". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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