Uropsalis

Uropsalis
Lyre-tailed nightjar (Uropsalis lyra)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Caprimulgiformes
Family:	Caprimulgidae
Subfamily:	Caprimulginae
Genus:	Uropsalis Miller, W, 1915
Type species
Hydropsalis lyra Bonaparte, 1850

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

Taxonomy

The genus Uropsalis was introduced in 1915 by the American ornithologist Waldron DeWitt Miller with Hydropsalis lyra Bonaparte, 1850, the lyre-tailed nightjar, as the type species. ^{[1] [2]} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ουρα/oura meaning "tail" and ψαλις/psalis, ψαλιδος/psalidos meaning "pair of scissors" or "shears". ^[3]

The genus contains two species: ^[4]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Uropsalis lyra	Lyre-tailed nightjar	Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
	Uropsalis segmentata	Swallow-tailed nightjar	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

References

1. Miller, Waldron DeWitt (1915). Three new genera of birds. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Vol. 34. pp. 515-520 [516].
2. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 219.
3. Jobling, James A. "Uropsalis". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 27 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 27 June 2025.