Lurocalis

Lurocalis is a genus of nightjars in the family Caprimulgidae. The species are found in Central and South America.

Lurocalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Caprimulgiformes
Family:	Caprimulgidae
Genus:	Lurocalis Cassin, 1851
Type species
Caprimulgus nattereri (short-tailed nighthawk) Temminck, 1822

Taxonomy

The genus Lurocalis was introduced in 1851 by the American ornithologist John Cassin.^[1] The type species was designated as Caprimulgus nattereri Temminck, 1822, by George Robert Gray in 1855. This taxon is now considered as a subspecies of the short-tailed nighthawk.^[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek oura meaning "tail" with kolos meaning "stunted".^[4]

The genus contains two species.^[5]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Lurocalis rufiventris Taczanowski, 1884	Rufous-bellied nighthawk	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
	Lurocalis semitorquatus (Gmelin, 1789)	Short-tailed nighthawk	Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.