Lurocalis

Lurocalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Caprimulgiformes
Family:	Caprimulgidae
Subfamily:	Chordeilinae
Genus:	Lurocalis Cassin, 1851

Lurocalis is a genus of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is native to the New World and contains the following species:^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Lurocalis rufiventris Taczanowski, 1884	Rufous-bellied nighthawk	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
	Lurocalis semitorquatus (Gmelin, 1789)	Short-tailed nighthawk	Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

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