Nyctiprogne

Nyctiprogne
	Band-tailed nighthawk (Nyctiprogne leucopyga)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Caprimulgiformes
Family:	Caprimulgidae
Subfamily:	Chordeilinae
Genus:	Nyctiprogne ; Bonaparte, 1857
Type species
	Caprimulgus leucopygus ; Spix, 1825

Last updated June 27, 2025

Nyctiprogne is a genus of small South American nightjars in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.

These are small sexually monomorphic nightjars with short bills, semi‐concealed nostrils, and unmarked wings. The plumage is dark brown or blackish overall with small white patches on either side of the throat, The wings are long and pointed.^[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Nyctiprogne was introduced in 1847 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte to accommodate a single species, Caprimulgus leucopygus Spix, 1825, the band-tailed nighthawk, which becomes the type species by monotypy.^[2]^[3] The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek νυκτι-/nukti- meaning "night-" or "nocturnal" and Latin progne or procne meaning "swallow".^[4]

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

Band-tailed nighthawk (Nyctiprogne leucopyga)
Plain-tailed nighthawk (Nyctiprogne vielliardi)

References

↑ Costa, T.V.V.; van Els, P.; Braun, M.J.; Whitney, B.M.; Cleere, N.; Sigurosson, S.; Silveira, L.F. (2023). "Systematic revision and generic classification of a clade of New World nightjars (Caprimulgidae), with descriptions of new genera from South America". Avian Systematics. 1 (6): 55–99. ISSN 2051-4441.
↑ 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].
↑ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 189.
↑ Jobling, James A. "Nyctiprogne". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 22 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] Costa, T.V.V.; van Els, P.; Braun, M.J.; Whitney, B.M.; Cleere, N.; Sigurosson, S.; Silveira, L.F. (2023). "Systematic revision and generic classification of a clade of New World nightjars (Caprimulgidae), with descriptions of new genera from South America". Avian Systematics. 1 (6): 55–99. ISSN 2051-4441.

[2] 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].

[3] Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 189.

[4] Jobling, James A. "Nyctiprogne". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 22 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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