Nyctidromus
Sign in to saveNyctidromus is a genus of nightjars in the family Caprimulgidae. The species are widely distributed in Central and South America.
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It is catalogued under topics including Bird genera, Birds of the Americas and Nyctidromus.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCaprimulgiformes
- FamilyCaprimulgidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- Family
- Caprimulgidae
- Collections
- KU, UNICAMP, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Guyana, Brazil, Panama
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Nyctidromus is a genus of nightjars in the family Caprimulgidae. The species are widely distributed in Central and South America.
==Taxonomy== The genus Nyctidromus was introduced in 1838 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate his newly described Nyctidromus derbyanus. This taxon is therefore the type species; it is now considered as a subspecies of the pauraque, Nyctidromus albicollis (Gmelin) 1789. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek nukti- meaning "nocturnal" or "night-" with -dromos meaning "-racer" (from trekhō "to run").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nyctidromus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.