Nyctiphrynus

Nyctiphrynus
	Yucatan poorwill (Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Caprimulgiformes
Family:	Caprimulgidae
Subfamily:	Caprimulginae
Genus:	Nyctiphrynus ; Bonaparte, 1857
Type species
	Caprimulgus ocellatus ; Tschudi, 1844

Last updated June 24, 2025

Nyctiphrynus is a genus of birds in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae that are found in Middle and South America.

Taxonomy

The genus Nyctiphrynus was introduced in 1847 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. He listed three species in the genus but did not specify the type species.^[1] In 1914 Harry C. Oberholser designated Caprimulgus ocellatus Tschudi, 1844, the ocellated poorwill, as the type.^[2]^[3] The genus name Nyctiphrynus is derived from the Ancient Greek νυκτι-/nukti- meaning "night-" or "nocturnal" and φρυνη/phrunē meaning "toad".^[4]

The genus contains the following four species:^[5]

Eared poorwill (Nyctiphrynus mcleodii)
Ocellated poorwill (Nyctiphrynus ocellatus)
Chocó poorwill (Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi)
Yucatan poorwill (Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus)

References

↑ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1847). "Parallelismo u tribu dei cantori fissirostri e quella dei volucri hianti e dei notturni ovvero insidenti". Rivista Contemporanea (in Italian). 9: 209-217 [215].
↑ Oberholser, Harry C. (1914). A Monograph of the Genus Chardeiles Swainson, Type of a New Family of Goatsuckers. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. Volume 86. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. p. 8, Note 5.
↑ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 195.
↑ Jobling, James A. "Nyctiphrynus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Frogmouths, Oilbird, potoos, nightjars". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 June 2025.

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[1] Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1847). "Parallelismo u tribu dei cantori fissirostri e quella dei volucri hianti e dei notturni ovvero insidenti". Rivista Contemporanea (in Italian). 9: 209-217 [215].

[2] Oberholser, Harry C. (1914). A Monograph of the Genus Chardeiles Swainson, Type of a New Family of Goatsuckers. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. Volume 86. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. p. 8, Note 5.

[3] Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 195.

[4] Jobling, James A. "Nyctiphrynus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 23 June 2025.

[ioc-5] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Frogmouths, Oilbird, potoos, nightjars". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 June 2025.

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