Lyncornis | |
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Great eared nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
Family: | Caprimulgidae |
Subfamily: | Eurostopodinae |
Genus: |
Lyncornis Gould, 1838 |
Type species | |
Lyncornis cerviniceps (
great eared nightjar)
Gould, 1838
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Lyncornis is a genus of eared nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae.
The genus Lyncornis was introduced in 1838 by the English ornithologist John Gould with Lyncornis cerviniceps Gould 1838 as the type species. [1] This taxon is now treated as a subspecies of the great eared nightjar. [2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek lunx, lunkos meaning "lynx" with ornis meaning "bird. [3]
The genus contains two species: [4]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Lyncornis temminckii | Malaysian eared nightjar | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand | |
Lyncornis macrotis | Great eared nightjar | Sri Lanka Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam |
These two species were formerly placed in the genus Eurostopodus. They were moved to the resurrected genus Lyncornis based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 that found large genetic differences between the great eared nightjar and the other species in Eurostopodus. [4] [5]