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The '''Cuban pauraque''' (''Siphonorhis daiquiri''), also known as the '''Cuban poorwill''', is an [[extinction|extinct]] species of [[nightjar]] from the island of [[Cuba]] in the [[Caribbean]]. It was described by [[Storrs Olson]] in 1985 from [[subfossil]] material he collected in 1980 from a hillside cave overlooking the village, and former historic port, of [[Daiquirí]], about 20 km east of the city of [[Santiago de Cuba]]. The specific epithet refers to the type locality. |
The '''Cuban pauraque''' (''Siphonorhis daiquiri''), also known as the '''Cuban poorwill''', is an [[extinction|extinct]] species of [[nightjar]] from the island of [[Cuba]] in the [[Caribbean]]. It was described by [[Storrs Olson]] in 1985 from [[subfossil]] material he collected in 1980 from a hillside cave overlooking the village, and former historic port, of [[Daiquirí]], about 20 km east of the city of [[Santiago de Cuba]]. The specific epithet refers to the type locality. |
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The species was intermediate in size between its two known congeners, being larger than [[least poorwill|''S. brewsteri'']] and smaller than [[Jamaican pauraque|''S. americana'']]. Olson considered that the cave deposits of the pauraque and other contemporary fauna were the prey of [[barn owl]]s and were of [[Holocene]] age. Because of the cryptic nature of |
The species was intermediate in size between its two known congeners, being larger than [[least poorwill|''S. brewsteri'']] and smaller than [[Jamaican pauraque|''S. americana'']]. Olson considered that the cave deposits of the pauraque and other contemporary fauna were the prey of [[barn owl]]s and were of [[Holocene]] age. Because of the cryptic nature of pauraques and other nightjars, Olson considered it possible that the species might not be extinct, though there have been no confirmed records of living birds.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Olson, Storrs L. |year=1985 |title=A new species of ''Siphonorhis'' from Quaternary cave deposits in Cuba (Aves: Caprimulgidae) |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=98 |issue=2 |pages=526–532 |url=http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/6501/1/VZ_164_Siphonorhis_daiquiri.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903122027/http://extinct-website.com/pdf/65868a.pdf |archivedate=2014-09-03 |url-status=live}}</ref><!-- archiveurl provides direct link to article, unlike the url parameter --> |
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Revision as of 06:13, 13 February 2022
| Cuban pauraque Temporal range: Early Holocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Siphonorhis |
| Species: | S. daiquiri
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| Siphonorhis daiquiri Olson, 1985
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The Cuban pauraque (Siphonorhis daiquiri), also known as the Cuban poorwill, is an extinct species of nightjar from the island of Cuba in the Caribbean. It was described by Storrs Olson in 1985 from subfossil material he collected in 1980 from a hillside cave overlooking the village, and former historic port, of Daiquirí, about 20 km east of the city of Santiago de Cuba. The specific epithet refers to the type locality.
The species was intermediate in size between its two known congeners, being larger than S. brewsteri and smaller than S. americana. Olson considered that the cave deposits of the pauraque and other contemporary fauna were the prey of barn owls and were of Holocene age. Because of the cryptic nature of pauraques and other nightjars, Olson considered it possible that the species might not be extinct, though there have been no confirmed records of living birds.[1]
References
- ^ Olson, Storrs L. (1985). "A new species of Siphonorhis from Quaternary cave deposits in Cuba (Aves: Caprimulgidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 98 (2): 526–532. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-09-03.
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