Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | enganyapastors negrós |
| Czech | lelek černavý |
| Dutch | Roetnachtzwaluw |
| English | Blackish Nightjar |
| English (United States) | Blackish Nightjar |
| French | Engoulevent noirâtre |
| French (France) | Engoulevent noirâtre |
| German | Trauernachtschwalbe |
| Japanese | クロヨタカ |
| Norwegian | sotnattravn |
| Polish | lelkowiec żałobny |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | bacurau-de-lajeado |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Bacurau-das-lajes |
| Russian | Траурный козодой |
| Serbian | Crnkasti leganj |
| Slovak | lelek černastý |
| Spanish | Chotacabras Negruzco |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Chotacabras Negruzco |
| Spanish (Peru) | Chotacabras Negruzco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chotacabras negruzco |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Aguaitacamino Negruzco |
| Swedish | sotnattskärra |
| Turkish | Karaca Çobanaldatan |
| Ukrainian | Дрімлюга траурний |
Blackish Nightjar Nyctipolus nigrescens
Version: 1.0 — Published January 16, 2015
Systematics
Geographic Variation
Nyctipolus nigrescens is monotypic, although populations in Colombia and Ecuador are possibly browner (paler) compared to birds from the Guianas and Peru (Cleere 1998).
Subspecies
Related Species
Described as Caprimulgus nigrescens Cabanis 1848 (in Schomburgk 1848); type locality Lower Essequibo River, Guyana
For many years nigrescens was classified in the genus Caprimulgus, a genus that eventually encompassed a large number of species of nightjars worldwide (Peters 1940, Dickinson 2003). Phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequence data, from both mitochondrial and nuclear genes, reveals that the broadly defined Caprimulgus of Peters (1940) and other authors is highly polyphyletic (Han et al. 2010, Sigurdsson and Cracraft 2014). Caprimulgus proper is entirely confined to the Old World, and New World species of "Caprimulgus" are split into several clades (Han et al. 2010, Sigurdsson and Cracraft 2014). "Caprimulgus" nigrescens is sister to "Caprimulgus" hirundinaceus (Pygmy Nightjar) (Sigurdsson and Cracraft 2014), and both species now are classified in the genus Nyctipolis.
