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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Ordo: Caprimulgiformes

Familia: Caprimulgidae
Subfamilia: Caprimulginae
Genus: Hydropsalis
Species: H. cayennensis – H. climacocerca – H. maculicaudus – H. torquata
Name

Hydropsalis Wagler, 1832

Typus: Caprimulgus torquatus Gmelin, 1789 = Hydropsalis torquata

Synonyms

Stenopsis Cassin, 1851 Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia p. 179 BHL
Antiurus Ridgway, 1912 Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. p. 98 BHL

References

Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung 25 col.1222
Vernacular names
English: Nightjars
español: Chotacabras; atajacaminos
português do Brasil: Bacuraus

Hydropsalis[1] is a genus of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It contains the following species:

Ladder-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)
Scissor-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata)
Spot-tailed nightjar, (Hydropsalis maculicaudus)
White-tailed nightjar, (Hydropsalis cayennensis)

References

"Nightjars". International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 2015-01-01.

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