The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Selochusa
(Nyctibiidae; ?syn. Nyctibius (per Sundevall 1872); a fictitious bird, based on "Engoulevent à Queue Fourchue" of Levaillant 1799, pl. 47; "SELOCHUSA, G. R. Gray (1841). Caprimulgus, Vieill. Caprimulgus, 6th div. Cuv. S. fornicata, (Vieill.) G. R. Gray. Levaill. Afr. pl. 47. C. furcatus, Cuv." (G. Gray, 1841, List Genera Birds, 2nd ed., p. 9); "NYCTIBIUS Vieill. ... 6. N. forficatus (Vieill.) Lafr. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 47, 48. -- Caprimulgus furcatus Cuv.; Type of Selochusa G. R. Gray (1841)." (Gray, 1846, Genera Birds, I. p. 46).
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