Lyncornis

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

Lyncornis is a genus of nightjars in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae that are found is South and Southeast Asia. The English name "eared nightjar" refers to the two tufts of feathers on their head.

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