Jamaican Poorwill
Siphonorhis americana(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Jamaican Poorwill
The Jamaican Poorwill (Siphonorhis americana) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Caprimulgidae (Nightjars and Nighthawks) in the order Caprimulgiformes.
Range: formerly Jamaica; probably extinct, last reported 1859Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Siphonorhis americana
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Jamaican Poorwill
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Caprimulgus americanus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- 'America Calidiore' = Jamaica.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.193
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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