Hydropsalis
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Automated taxobox".
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.[1] The type species was designated by George Robert Gray in 1855 as Caprimulgus furcifer Vieillot 1817.[2][3] This taxon is now considered as a subspecies of the scissor-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata).[4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hudro- meaning "water-" with psalis meaning "pair of scissors".[5]
The genus contains four species:[4]
- White-tailed nightjar, Hydropsalis cayennensis – Costa Rica through north South America
- Ladder-tailed nightjar, Hydropsalis climacocerca – Amazonia
- Scissor-tailed nightjar, Hydropsalis torquata – Amazonia and south Peru to south Brazil and central Argentina
- Long-trained nightjar, Hydropsalis forcipata – southeastern Brazil and adjacent northeastern Argentina (Misiones)
References
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wagler, Johann Georg (1832). "Neue Sippen und Gattungen der Säugthiere und Vögel". Isis von Oken (in German). 1832. cols 1218–1235 [1222].
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 11.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 217.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
Template:Strisores Script error: No such module "Taxonbar".
