Nyctiprogne

Nyctiprogne
Band-tailed nighthawk (Nyctiprogne leucopyga)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Nyctiprogne
Bonaparte, 1857
Type species
Caprimulgus leucopygus
Spix, 1825

Nyctiprogne is a genus of small South American nightjars in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.

These are small sexually monomorphic nightjars with short bills, semi‐concealed nostrils, and unmarked wings. The plumage is dark brown or blackish overall with small white patches on either side of the throat, The wings are long and pointed.

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