Nyctiphrynus Yucatanicus Bird
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Nyctiphrynus Yucatanicus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Caprimulgus yucatanicus Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 16 p.525,575
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Caprimulgidae / Nyctiphrynus
Taxonomy Code: yucpoo1
Type Locality: Tizimin, Yucatan.
Author: Hartert, E
Publish Year: 1892
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NYCTIPHRYNUS
(Caprimulgidae; Ϯ Ocellated Poorwill N. ocellatus) Gr. νυκτι- nukti- night-, nocturnal < νυξ nux, νυκτος nuktos night; φρυνη phrunē, φρυνης phrunēs toad; "11. Nyctiphrynus, Bp. 41. ocellatus, Tschudi. (brasilianus? Wied nec L.) 42. nuttalli, Audub. (brasilianus? Lawr.) 43. guianensis, Gm." (Bonaparte 1857); "Nyctiphrynus Bonaparte, Riv. Contemp., 9, 1857, p. 215. Type, by subsequent designation, Caprimulgus ocellatus Tschudi. (Oberholser, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 86, 1914, p. 8, note 5.)" (Peters 1940, IV, 195).
Synon. Otophanes, Ptilonycterus.
yucatanensis / yucatanica / yucatanicus
Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico/Guatemala.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
