Siphonorhis | |
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Jamaican pauraque (Siphonorhis americana) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
Family: | Caprimulgidae |
Subfamily: | Caprimulginae |
Genus: | Siphonorhis P.L. Sclater, 1861 |
Species | |
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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.
Species
It contains the following species:
- Jamaican pauraque (Siphonorhis americana), possibly extinct
- Least pauraque or least poorwill (Siphonorhis brewsteri), endemic to Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)
- Cuban pauraque (†Siphonorhis daiquiri), known only from fossil material
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Siphonorhis |
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