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
Type species
Caprimulgus nigrescens Cabanis, 1849

Nyctipolus is a genus of South American nightjars in the family Caprimulgidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Nyctipolus was introduced in 1912 by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway with Caprimulgus nigrescens Cabanis, 1849, the blackish nightjar, as the type species. ^{[1] [2]} The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek νυκτιπολος/nuktipolos meaning "roaming by night". ^[3]

The genus contains the following two species. ^[4]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Nyctipolus nigrescens	Blackish nightjar	Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
	Nyctipolus hirundinaceus	Pygmy nightjar	Brazil.

References

1. Ridgway, Robert (1912). "Diagnoses of some new genera of American birds". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 25: 97-102 [98].
2. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 196.
3. Jobling, James A. "Nyctipolus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
4. 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.