Lurocalis

Lurocalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Caprimulgiformes
Family:	Caprimulgidae
Genus:	Lurocalis ; Cassin, 1851
Type species
	Caprimulgus nattereri (short-tailed nighthawk); Temminck, 1822

Last updated October 31, 2025

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
	Lurocalis rufiventrisTaczanowski, 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.

References

↑ Cassin, John (1851). "Notes of an examination of the birds composing the family Caprimulgidae, in the collection of the Academy of Natural Science Philadelphia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5: 175–190 [189].
↑ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 184.
↑ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 12.
↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 232. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Frogmouths, Oilbird, potoos, nightjars". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

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[1] Cassin, John (1851). "Notes of an examination of the birds composing the family Caprimulgidae, in the collection of the Academy of Natural Science Philadelphia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5: 175–190 [189].

[2] Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 184.

[3] Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 12.

[4] Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 232. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[ioc-5] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Frogmouths, Oilbird, potoos, nightjars". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

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