Siphonorhis
| Siphonorhis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Siphonorhis P.L. Sclater, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Caprimulgus americanus Linnaeus, 1758
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Siphonorhis is a genus of nightjars, known as the Caribbean pauraques, in the family Caprimulgidae. All species are endemic to islands of the Greater Antilles, with only one confirmed to be extant.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Siphonorhis was introduced in 1861 by the English zoologist Philip Sclater with Caprimulgus americanus Linnaeus, 1758, the Jamaican poorwill, as the type species.[1][2] The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek σιφων/siphōn, σιφωνος/siphōnos meaning "tube" and ῥις/rhis, ῥινος/rhinos meaning "nostrils".[3]
Species
[edit]It contains the following two species:[4]
- Jamaican poorwill or Jamaican pauraque (Siphonorhis americana), possibly extinct
- Least poorwill or least pauraque (Siphonorhis brewsteri), endemic to Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)
An additional species, the Cuban pauraque (†Siphonorhis daiquiri) is known only from fossil material.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Sclater, Philip Lutley (1861). "List of a collection of birds made by the late Mr. W. Osburn in Jamaica, with notes". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 69-82 [77].
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 194.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Siphonorhis". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 23 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.
- ^ Olson, Storrs L. (1985). "A new species of Siphonorhis from Quaternary cave deposits in Cuba (Aves: Caprimulgidae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 98 (2): 526–532.
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