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Nyctibiidae
Taxonomy
Nyctibiidae was named by Chenu and des Murs (1851). It is extant.
It was assigned to Caprimulgiformes by Mayr (2005); to Cypselomorphae by Mayr (2005); to Caprimulgi by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Caprimulgiformes by Mourer-Chauviré (1989), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Caprimulgiformes by Mayr (2005); to Cypselomorphae by Mayr (2005); to Caprimulgi by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Caprimulgiformes by Mourer-Chauviré (1989), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1851 | Nyctibiidae Chenu and des Murs |
| 1989 | Nyctibiidae Mourer-Chauviré |
| 2005 | Nyctibiidae Mayr p. 318 |
| 2007 | Nyctibiidae Livezey and Zusi p. 94 |
| 2014 | Nyctibiidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Nyctibiidae Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Nyctibiidae Chenu and des Murs 1851
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G. Nyctibius Vieillot 1816
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Nyctibius aethereus Wied 1820 [Long-tailed potoo]
Nyctibius grandis Gmelin 1789 [Great potoo]
Nyctibius griseus Gmelin 1789 [Common potoo]
Nyctibius jamaicensis Gmelin 1789 [Northern potoo]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available