Nyctipolus

Nyctipolus
Blackish nightjar ( Nyctipolus nigrescens)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Subfamily: Caprimulginae
Genus: Nyctipolus
Ridgway, 1912
Species

2, see text

Nyctipolus is a genus of nightjars in the family Caprimulgidae. It contains the following two species, both of which were formerly assigned to the genus Caprimulgus.

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Nyctipolus nigrescensBlackish nightjarBrazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Nyctipolus hirundinaceusPygmy nightjarBrazil.
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