Lyncornis

Lyncornis is a genus of eared nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae.

Lyncornis
Great eared nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Caprimulgiformes
Family:	Caprimulgidae
Subfamily:	Eurostopodinae
Genus:	Lyncornis Gould, 1838
Type species
Lyncornis cerviniceps (great eared nightjar) Gould, 1838

Taxonomy

The genus Lyncornis was introduced in 1838 by the English ornithologist John Gould with Lyncornis cerviniceps Gould 1838 as the type species.^[1] This taxon is now treated as a subspecies of the great eared nightjar.^[2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek lunx, lunkos meaning "lynx" with ornis meaning "bird.^[3]

Species

The genus contains two species:^[4]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Lyncornis temminckii	Malaysian eared nightjar	Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand
	Lyncornis macrotis	Great eared nightjar	Sri Lanka Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam

These two species were formerly placed in the genus Eurostopodus. They were moved to the resurrected genus Lyncornis based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 that found large genetic differences between the great eared nightjar and the other species in Eurostopodus.^[4][5]

References

1. Gould, John (1838). Icones Avium, or figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from various parts of the globe. Vol. Part 2. London: Self published. Plate 14 and text (plates not numbered).
2. Dickinson, E.C.; Remsen, J.V. Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 233. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Frogmouths, Oilbird, potoos, nightjars". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
5. Han, K.-L.; Robbins, M.B.; Braun, M.J. (2010). "A multi-gene estimate of phylogeny in the nightjars and nighthawks (Caprimulgidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55 (2): 443–453. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.023. PMID 20123032.