Hydropsalis
Sign in to saveHydropsalis is a genus of nightjars in the family Caprimulgidae. The species are widely distributed across the tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
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Vinony's link graph records 176 inbound references to Hydropsalis, and connects out to Caprimulgidae, Nyctibiidae and Aegotheliformes.
It is catalogued under topics including Bird genera, Birds of South America and Birds of the Guiana Shield.
Vinony links it to 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCaprimulgiformes
- FamilyCaprimulgidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 47
- Family
- Caprimulgidae
- Collections
- USNM, UNICAMP, ANSP, KU, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Caprimulginae
- Image
- Hydropsalis torquata in Uruguay.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Hydropsalis
- topic's main category
- Category:Hydropsalis
- taxon name
- Hydropsalis
- taxon range
- Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hydropsalis is a genus of nightjars in the family Caprimulgidae. The species are widely distributed across the tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
==Taxonomy== The genus Hydropsalis was introduced in 1832 by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler. The type species was designated by George Robert Gray in 1855 as Caprimulgus furcifer Vieillot 1817. This taxon is now considered as a subspecies of the scissor-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata). The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hudro- meaning "water-" with psalis meaning "pair of scissors".
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