Lurocalis is a genus of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae.

The species are found in Central and South America.

The genus Lurocalis was introduced in 1851 by the American ornithologist John Cassin.

[1] The type species was designated as Caprimulgus nattereri Temminck, 1822, by George Robert Gray in 1855.

This taxon is now considered as a subspecies of the short-tailed nighthawk.