Siphonorhis is a genus of nightjars, known as the Caribbean pauraques, in the family Caprimulgidae.
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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It contains the following species:
- Jamaican pauraque (Siphonorhis americana), possibly extinct
- Least pauraque or least poorwill (Siphonorhis brewsteri), native to Hispaniola
- Cuban pauraque (†Siphonorhis daiquiri), known only from fossil material