Eleothreptus
Sign in to saveEleothreptus is a genus of South American nightjars in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCaprimulgiformes
- FamilyCaprimulgidae
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Eleothreptus is a genus of South American nightjars in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
==Taxonomy== The genus Eleothreptus was introduced in 1840 by the English zoologist George Gray with Amblypterus anomalus Gould, 1838, the sickle-winged nightjar, as the type species. Eleothreptus was a replacement name for Amblypterus that had been used by Louis Agassiz in 1833 for a genus of fossil fishes. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ἑλεοθρεπτος/heleothreptos meaning "marsh-bred" from ἑλος/helos, ἑλεος/heleos meaning "marsh" and τρεφω/trephō meaning "to nourish".
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