Eurostopodus
White-throated nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Subfamily: Eurostopodinae
Genus: Eurostopodus
Gould, 1838
Species

7; see text

Eurostopodus is a genus of eared nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. This genus is distinctive among the Old World nightjars in lacking long rictal bristles. It also shows some features that are not shared with Caprimulginae and Chordeilinae, like having a larger size or the variable presence of ear-tufts, juveniles showing rufous plumage, long incubation periods and brown-reds and black spotted eggs.[1]

Species

The genus contains the following seven species:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Eurostopodus argusSpotted nightjarmainland Australia, Indonesian islands.
Eurostopodus mystacalisWhite-throated nightjareastern Australia; Papua New Guinea
Eurostopodus nigripennisSolomons nightjarSolomon Islands archipelago
Eurostopodus exulNew Caledonian nightjarNew Caledonia.
Eurostopodus diabolicusSatanic nightjarSulawesi
Eurostopodus papuensisPapuan nightjarNew Guinea.
Eurostopodus archboldiArchbold's nightjarNew Guinea.

References

  1. Holyoak, D.T. Nightjars and their Allies. Oxford.


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