Piaya Lesson, 1830

Nascimento, Rafael S. & Silveira, Luís Fábio, 2024, Fossil and subfossil birds of Brazil, Zoologia (e 23079) 41, pp. 1-234 : 115-116

Piaya Lesson

341. Piaya cayana (Linnaeus)

Quaternary – MG

Coccyzus cajanus [in part] – Lund 1841d: 18.

Coccyzus ? [in part] – Giebel 1846: 313.

Coccyzus [in part] – Giebel 1847: 19.

Coccyzus [in part] – Pictet 1853: 414.

“un Coua ( Coccyzus de Vieillot )” [in part] – Liais 1872: 303. Coccyzus aff. cayano [in part] – Lund (in Winge 1887): 45. Pyrrhococcyx cayanus – Winge 1887: 45.

Piaya cayana – Goeldi 1894: 247.

Coccyzus sp. (“angeblich aus den Knochenhöhlen Brasiliens”) [in part] – Lambrecht 1933: 769.

Pyrrhococcyx cayanus – Lambrecht 1933: 769.

Piaya cayana – Brodkorb 1971: 206.

Piaya cayana [ Pyrrhococcyx cayanus ] – Mones 1986: 94.

Piaya cayana – Cuello 1988: 54.

Piaya cayana – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 493.

Winge (1887) reported six humeri and a fragment of carpometacarpus from Lapa da Escrivânia V, and an incomplete humerus (“ Coccyzus aff. cayano ” in Lund’s catalog) from “a cave in Mocambo”.

Piaya cayana sp. – Sales 2003: 214.

Sales (2003) reported a specimen among the bones and mummified carcasses from Zona II of Lapa do Rezar in Itacarambi , Minas Gerais .

Nyctibiiformes Yuri, Kimball, Harshman, Bowie, Braun, Chojnowski, Hackett, Huddleston, Moore, Reddy, Sheldon, Steadman, Witt & Braun

Nyctibiidae Chenu & Des Murs Nyctibius Vieillot

342. Nyctibius sp.

Quaternary – MG

Nyctibius sp. e mediis, fere certe N. jamaicensis – Winge 1887: 43–44.

“[provavel a identidade com] uma Nyctibius de tamanho mediano” – Goeldi 1894: 248.

Nyctibius sp. – Lambrecht 1933: 774.

“ Nyctibius Vieillot 1816 sp. ” – Fisher 1967: 750.

Nyctibius griseus – Brodkorb 1971: 236.

Nyctibius griseus – Mones 1986: 96.

Nyctibius griseus – Cuello 1988: 57.

Nyctibius griseus – Sick 1984a: 334.

Nyctibius griseus – Sick 1993: 300.

Nyctibius griseus – Sick 1997: 408.

Nyctibius sp. – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 493.

Winge (1887) reported the proximal end of a left carpometacarpus from Lapa da Escrivânia V, and a right carpometacarpus lacking the upper part of recent age [28]. He noted that both fragments appear to belong to the same species, being much smaller and somewhat divergent from Nyctibius aethereus , and postulated they might belong, due to their measurements, to Nyctibius jamaicensis , since the other smaller species are too small.

Brodkorb (1971) listed the material as Nyctibius griseus , since N. jamaicensis does not occur in Brazil.

343. Nyctibius griseus (Gmelin)

Pleistocene – BA

Nyctibius griseus – Silva et al. 2012b: 368.

Silva et al. (2012b) reported three carpometacarpi, two humeri, and a coracoid, representing six individuals, from Gruta dos Brejões in Morro do Chapéu, Bahia. It figures among material collected in 1980 and 1984 by the staff of the Laboratório de Paleontologia of MCL PUC Minas and was determined by Herculano Alvarenga.

Caprimulgiformes Ridgway Caprimulgidae Vigors

344. Caprimulgidae indet. 1

Quaternary – MG

Caprimulgus [?] – Gervais 1844a: 294.

Caprimulgus [?] – Giebel 1846: 312.

Caprimulgus [?] – Giebel 1847: 8.

Caprimulgus [?] – Pictet 1853: 413.

“les Engoulevents” [?] – Liais 1872: 303.

Caprimulgus – Lund (in Winge 1887): 42.

G. sp. indet., forte Hydropsalis forcipata – Winge 1887: 42–43. “provavel a identidade com Hydropsalis forcipata ” – Goeldi 1894: 248.

cfr. Hydropsalis forcipata – Lambrecht 1933: 773.

Cypselus? affinis (“ Cypselus und Caprimulgus nach Lund in den Knochenhöhlen Brasiliens”) [?; in part] – Lambrecht 1933: 774.

Hydropsalis brasiliana [in part] – Brodkorb 1971: 235. Hydropsalis [in part?] – Sick 1984a: 336.

Hydropsalis brasiliana [in part?] – Mones 1986: 96. Hydropsalis [in part?] – Sick 1993: 303.

Hydropsalis [in part?] – Sick 1997: 412.

Caprimulgidae indet. 1 – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 493.

Winge (1887) reported a humerus (determined as “ Caprimulgus ” in Lund’s catalog) from a cave near Mocambo, quite similar to Hydropsalis torquata , but much larger, with matching dimensions to Hydropsalis forcipata . He noted that the similarity to Nyctidromus is significant, but no species with these dimensions are known. The humerus of Antrostomus rufus is much smaller and different in shape. Additionally, in the small details that differentiate it from H. torquata , it is somewhat similar to Podager , but much smaller than Podager nacunda .

345. Caprimulgidae indet. 2

Quaternary – MG

G. sp. indet. ( Antrostomus , sp. e parvis,?) – Winge 1887: 43. “[provavel a identidade com] uma especie pequena de Antrostomus ” – Goeldi 1894: 248.

cfr. Antrostomus – Lambrecht 1933: 773.

Caprimulgidae indet. 2 – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 493.

Winge (1887) reported humeri in considerable number from Lapa da Escrivânia V. He noted they are generally smaller than in Hydropsalis torquata , from which a clear boundary could not be defined, but some fragments must belong to a different species, as some differences between the bones exist. Two of these humeri are quite peculiar in their morphology. There is less similarity to Antrostomus rufus than to H. torquata and Nyctidromus albicollis , but the bones may belong to a smaller species of Antrostomus . Winge used the contemporary definition of the genus and noted that, of these smaller species, Antrostomus ocellatus (= Nyctiphrynus ocellatus ) lives today in the region, and they could hardly belong to Chordeiles minor and Podager nacunda due to morphological differences.