| Lyncornis | |
|---|---|
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| Great eared nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Subfamily: | Eurostopodinae |
| Genus: | Lyncornis Gould, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Lyncornis cerviniceps (great eared nightjar) Gould, 1838 | |
Lyncornis is a genus of eared nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae.
The genus Lyncornis was introduced in 1838 by the English ornithologist John Gould with Lyncornis cerviniceps Gould 1838 as the type species. [1] This taxon is now treated as a subspecies of the great eared nightjar. [2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek lunx, lunkos meaning "lynx" with ornis meaning "bird. [3]
The genus contains two species: [4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyncornis temminckii | Malaysian eared nightjar | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand | |
 | Lyncornis macrotis | Great eared nightjar | Sri Lanka Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam |
These two species were formerly placed in the genus Eurostopodus . They were moved to the resurrected genus Lyncornis based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 that found large genetic differences between the great eared nightjar and the other species in Eurostopodus. [4] [5]
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