Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Nyctibiidae
Genus
Nyctibius
 
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SPECIES

Long-tailed Potoo Nyctibius aethereus

Sulli Gibson
Version: 1.0 — Published November 14, 2014

References

Introduction

BirdLife International. 2014. Species factsheet: Long-tailed Potoo Nyctibius aethereus. Downloaded from BirdLife International on 29 April 2014.

Braun, M.J., and C.J. Huddleston. 2009. A molecular phylogenetic survey of caprimulgiform nightbirds illustrates the utility of non-coding sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53: 948-960.

Brumfield, R.T., D.L. Swofford, and M.J. Braun. 1997. Evolutionary relationships among the potoos (Nyctibiidae) based on isoenzymes. Pages 129-145 in J.V. Remsen, Jr., Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker. Ornithological Monographs number 48. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington D.C.

Chapman, F.M. 1921. Descriptions of proposed new birds from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. American Museum Novitates number 18.

Cleere, N. 1998. Nightjars. A guide to the nightjars, nighthawks, and their relatives. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut.

Cohn-Haft, M. 1999. Nyctibiidae (potoos). Pages 298-299 in J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal (editors), Handbook of the birds of the world. Volume 5. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Dickinson, E.C., and J.V. Remsen, Jr. (editors). 2013. The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world. Fourth edition. Volume 1. Non-passerines. Aves Press, Eastbourne, United Kingdom.

Dingain, L. 2010. A new identification feature for Long-tailed Potoo Nyctibius aethereus. Neotropical Birding 10: 27-30.

Erize, F., M. Rumboll, and J.R. Mata. 2006. Birds of South America: non-passerines. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.

Griscom, L., and J.C. Greenway, Jr. 1941. Birds of lower Amazonia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 88: 83-344.

Hellmayr, C.E. 1912. Zoölogische Ergebnisse einer Reise in das Mündungsgebiet des Amazonas herausgegeben von Lorenz Müller. II. Vögel. Abhandlungen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-physikalische Klasse 26: 1-142.

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Mariaux, J., and M.J. Braun. 1996. A molecular phylogenetic survey of the nightjars and allies (Caprimulgiformes) with special emphasis on the potoos (Nyctibiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 6: 228-244.

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Parker, T.A., III, D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick. 1996. Ecological and distributional databases. Pages 113-436 in D.F. Stotz, J.W. Fitzpatrick, T.A. Parker III, and D.K. Moskovits, Neotropical birds: ecology and conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.

Peters, J.L. 1940. Check-list of birds of the world. Volume 4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Pelletier, V., et al. 2006. First records and breeding of Long-tailed Potoo Nyctibius aethereus for French Guiana. Cotinga 26: 69-73.

Ridgely, R.S., and P.J. Greenfield. 2001a. The birds of Ecuador: status, distribution, and taxonomy. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.

Ridgely, R.S., and P.J. Greenfield. 2001b. The birds of Ecuador: field guide. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.

Schubart, O., A.C. Aguirre, and H. Sick. 1965. Contribuição para conhecimento da alimentação das aves brasileiras. Arquivos de Zoologia 12: 95-249.

Sick, H. 1993. Birds in Brazil. A natural history. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.

Snethlage, E. 1914. Catálogo das Aves Amazônicas. Boletim do Museu Goeldi 8: 1-530.

Zimmer, K.J., and S.L. Hilty. 1997. Avifauna of a locality in the upper Orinoco drainage of Amazonas, Venezuela. Pages 865-885 in J.V. Remsen, Jr. (editor), Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker. Ornithological Monographs number 48. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.

Recommended Citation

Gibson, S. (2014). Long-tailed Potoo (Nyctibius aethereus), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.lotpot1.01