Lurocalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
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.
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. |