Lurocalis
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Lurocalis is a genus of nightjars in the family Caprimulgidae. The species are found in Central and South America.
Taxonomy
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Rufous-bellied Nighthawk.jpg | 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. |
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