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Scientific name | Common name | Status |
Nyctibius | Nyctibius sp. | genus |
Nyctibius grandis | Great Potoo | full species |
Nyctibius grandis grandis | Great Potoo (grandis) | nominal subspecies |
Nyctibius grandis guatemalensis | Great Potoo (guatemalensis) | subspecies |
Nyctibius aethereus | Long-tailed Potoo | full species |
Nyctibius aethereus [aethereus] | Long-tailed Potoo [Large-tailed] | subspecies group (or species) |
Nyctibius aethereus aethereus | Long-tailed Potoo (aethereus) | nominal subspecies |
Nyctibius aethereus chocoensis | Long-tailed Potoo (chocoensis) | subspecies |
Nyctibius aethereus longicaudatus | Long-tailed Potoo (longicaudatus) | subspecies (candidate for split) |
Nyctibius jamaicensis | Northern Potoo | full species (or subspecies) |
Nyctibius jamaicensis [jamaicensis, lambi, mexicanus, costaricensis] | Northern Potoo [jamaicensis, lambi, mexicanus, costaricensis] | subspecies group (or species) |
Nyctibius jamaicensis [jamaicensis or abbotti] | Northern Potoo [jamaicensis or abbotti] | subspecies group (or species) |
Nyctibius jamaicensis jamaicensis | Northern Potoo (jamaicensis) | nominal subspecies |
Nyctibius jamaicensis abbotti | Northern Potoo (abbotti) | subspecies (candidate for split) |
Nyctibius jamaicensis [mexicanus, lambi or costaricensis] | Northern Potoo [mexicanus, lambi or costaricensis] | subspecies group (or species) |
Nyctibius jamaicensis mexicanus | Northern Potoo (mexicanus) | subspecies |
Nyctibius jamaicensis lambi | Northern Potoo (lambi) | subspecies |
Nyctibius jamaicensis costaricensis | Northern Potoo (costaricensis) | subspecies |
Nyctibius [griseus, jamaicensis or leucopterus] | Common, White-winged, Northern or Andean Potoo | species group (or species) |
Nyctibius [griseus or jamaicensis] | Common or Northern Potoo | species group (or species) |
Nyctibius griseus | Common Potoo | full species (or nominal subsp) |
Nyctibius griseus griseus | Common Potoo (griseus) | nominal subspecies |
Nyctibius griseus griseus (griseus) | Common Potoo (griseus, sensu stricto) | nominal suspecies (sensu stricto) |
Nyctibius griseus griseus (cornutus) | Common Potoo (griseus, syn. cornutus) | junior synonym (or subspecies) |
Nyctibius griseus panamensis | Common Potoo (panamensis) | subspecies |