Lyncornis
| Lyncornis | |
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| Great eared nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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Lyncornis is a genus of eared nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae.
Taxonomy
[edit]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]
Species
[edit]The genus contains two species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Lyncornis temminckii | Malaysian eared nightjar | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand | |
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ Gould, John (1838). Icones Avium, or figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from various parts of the globe. Vol. Part 2. London: Self published. Plate 14 and text (plates not numbered).
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Remsen, J.V. Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 233. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Frogmouths, Oilbird, potoos, nightjars". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ Han, K.-L.; Robbins, M.B.; Braun, M.J. (2010). "A multi-gene estimate of phylogeny in the nightjars and nighthawks (Caprimulgidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55 (2): 443–453. Bibcode:2010MolPE..55..443H. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.023. PMID 20123032.
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