Nyctipolus
Blackish nightjar ( Nyctipolus nigrescens)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Caprimulgiformes
Family:	Caprimulgidae
Subfamily:	Caprimulginae
Genus:	Nyctipolus Ridgway, 1912
Species
2, see text

Nyctipolus^[1] is a genus of nightjars in the family Caprimulgidae. It contains the following two species, both of which were formerly assigned to the genus Caprimulgus.

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Nyctipolus nigrescens	Blackish nightjar	Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
	Nyctipolus hirundinaceus	Pygmy nightjar	Brazil.

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