Siphonorhis
Genus of birds
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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.
| Siphonorhis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Siphonorhis P.L. Sclater, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Caprimulgus americanus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Taxonomy
The genus Siphonorhis was introduced in 1861 by the English zoologist Philip Sclater with Caprimulgus americanus Linnaeus, 1758, the Jamaican poorwill, as the type species.[1][2] The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek σιφων/siphōn, σιφωνος/siphōnos meaning "tube" and ῥις/rhis, ῥινος/rhinos meaning "nostrils".[3]
Species
It contains the following two species:[4]
- Jamaican poorwill or Jamaican pauraque (Siphonorhis americana), possibly extinct
- Least poorwill or least pauraque (Siphonorhis brewsteri), endemic to Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)
An additional species, the Cuban pauraque (†Siphonorhis daiquiri) is known only from fossil material.[5]
