Nyctipolus
Nyctipolus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
Family: | Caprimulgidae |
Subfamily: | Caprimulginae |
Genus: | Nyctipolus (Ridgway, 1912) |
Species | |
2, see text |
Nyctipolus[1] is a genus of nightjars in the Caprimulgidae family. It contains the following two species, both of which were formerly assigned to the genus Caprimulgus.
- Blackish nightjar, Nyctipolus nigrescens
- Pygmy nightjar, Nyctipolus hirundinaceus
References
- ↑ "Nightjars". International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
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