Nyctiprogne

Nyctiprogne leucopyga

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caprimulgiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Superordo: Caprimulgimorphae Ordo: Caprimulgiformes

Familia: Caprimulgidae
Subfamilia: Chordeilinae
Genus: Nyctiprogne
Species: N. leucopyga – N. vielliardi

Name

Nyctiprogne Bonaparte, 1857

• Typus: Caprimulgus leucopygus Spix, 1825 = Nyctiprogne leucopyga

References

Primary references

• Rivista Contemporanea, Torino 9 p. 215

Additional references

• Whitney, B.M., Pacheco, J.F., Fonseca, P.S.M., Webster, R.E., Kirwan, G.M. & Mazar Barnett, J. 2003. Reassignment of Chordeiles vielliardi Lencioni-Neto, 1994, to Nyctiprogne Bonaparte, 1857, with comment on the latter genus and some presumably related chordeilines (Caprimulgidae). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 123:103-112. PDFReference page. 

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