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NYCTIBIIDAE - Potoos (1:7)
NYCTIBIUS Vieillot, 1816 M - Grand Engoulevent de Cayenne Buffon; type by monotypy = Caprimulgus grandis J.F. Gmelin, 1789  
Nyctibius grandis Great Potoo
guatemalensis Land & Schultz, 19631 vS Mexico (E Chiapas) and C Guatemala [Land, 1963 #2315]
grandis (J.F. Gmelin, 1789) vS Nicaragua to the Guianas, south through Amazonia to N Paraguay; SE Brazil
Nyctibius aethereus Long-tailed Potoo
1 chocoensis Chapman, 1921 vW Colombia (S Chocó, Valle)
1 longicaudatus (von Spix, 1825)2 vS and E Venezuela, the Guianas and Amazonia
2 aethereus (zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820) vSE Brazil (S Bahia to Paraná), E Paraguay, NE Argentina (N Misiones)
Nyctibius jamaicensis3 Northern Potoo
lambi J. Davis, 19594 W Mexico (S Sinaloa to Colima) [Davis, 1959 #1128]
mexicanus Nelson, 1900 vE and S Mexico to N Honduras, Isla de Roatán
costaricensis Ridgway, 19125 vNW Costa Rica
jamaicensis (J.F. Gmelin, 1789) vJamaica
abbotti Richmond, 19176 Hispaniola, Ile de la Gonâve
Nyctibius griseus7 Common Potoo
panamensis Ridgway, 1912 vE Nicaragua to W Venezuela (SW Táchira) and NW Peru (Piura)
griseus (J.F. Gmelin, 1789)8 vSouth America (east of Andes) south to N Argentina (La Rioja, Entre Ríos) and N Uruguay
Nyctibius maculosus 9  Ridgway, 1912 Andean Potoo
vLocally in Andes from W Venezuela (Táchira) to NW Peru (La Paz)
Nyctibius leucopterus   (zu Wied-Neuwied, 1821) White-winged Potoo
vExtreme E Venezuela, the Guianas, Amazonian Brazil, NE Peru (Loreto); E Brazil (S Bahia, N Espírito Santo)
Nyctibius bracteatus 10  Gould, 1846 Rufous Potoo
vExtreme E Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, C Amazonian Brazil, E Ecuador, NE Peru, N Bolivia
1 Recognition tentative; see Cohn-Haft (1999) [Cohn-Haft, 1999 #1007] for remarks on geographic variation.
2 May deserve species rank (with subspecies chocoensis); see Meyer de Schauensee (1966) [Meyer de Schauensee, 1966 #2676], Whittaker & Oren (1999) [Whittaker, 1999 #14291], and Cohn-Haft (1999) [Cohn-Haft, 1999 #1007], but see also Holyoak (2001) [Holyoak, 2001 #1992].
3 For treatment as a separate species from N. griseus see Davis (1978) [Davis, 1978 #8923], Stiles & Skutch (1989) [Stiles, 1989 #13786], and Cohn-Haft (1999) [Cohn-Haft, 1999 #1007]. They form a superspecies (Cohn-Haft 1999) [Cohn-Haft, 1999 #1007], possibly also including N. maculosus, see Sibley & Monroe (1990) [Sibley, 1990 #3636].
4 For recognition see Cleere (1998) [Cleere, 1998 #988], but see also Cohn-Haft (1999) [Cohn-Haft, 1999 #1007].
5 Treated as a subspecies of N. griseus by Cleere (1998) [Cleere, 1998 #988], but transferred to this species by Cohn-Haft (1999) [Cohn-Haft, 1999 #1007], who also considered it doubtfully diagnosable.
6 May deserve species rank; see Cohn-Haft (1999) [Cohn-Haft, 1999 #1007].
7 Forms a superspecies with N. jamaicensis; see Cohn-Haft (1999) [Cohn-Haft, 1999 #1007].
8 Includes cornutus; see Holyoak (2001) [Holyoak, 2001 #1992].
9 For treatment as a separate species from N. leucopterus see Schulenberg et al. (1984) [Schulenberg, 1984 #3543].
10 May merit recognition of a monotypic genus (Costa & Donatelli 2009) [Costa, 2009 #11958].
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