Birds and their associated Chewing Lice
Avian taxonomy Howard and Moore, 3rd. Edition, 2003
Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C. Dalgleish.
conventions:
Host probably extinct = †
Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "
Nyctibiidae - Potoos
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Nyctibicola [Philopteridae]
Nyctibius Vieillot, 1816
- Nyctibius grandis (Gmelin, 1789) - Great Potoo
Nyctibicola longirostris Cicchino, 1989
- Nyctibius aethereus (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) - Long-tailed Potoo
- Nyctibius jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789) - Northern Potoo
- Nyctibius griseus (Gmelin, 1789) - Common Potoo
Nyctibicola longirostris Cicchino, 1989 *
- Nyctibius maculosus Ridgway, 1912 - Andean Potoo
- Nyctibius leucopterus (Wied-Neuwied, 1821) - White-winged Potoo
- Nyctibius bracteatus Gould, 1846 - Rufous Potoo
Last revised:
9 September, 2003
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