Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | lelek lyroocasý |
Dutch | Lierstaartnachtzwaluw |
English | Lyre-tailed Nightjar |
English (United States) | Lyre-tailed Nightjar |
French | Engoulevent lyre |
French (France) | Engoulevent lyre |
German | Leierschwanz-Nachtschwalbe |
Icelandic | Lýruveifari |
Japanese | タテゴトヨタカ |
Norwegian | lyrenattravn |
Polish | lelkowiec lirosterny |
Russian | Лирохвостый козодой |
Serbian | Lirorepi leganj |
Slovak | lelek lýrochvostý |
Spanish | Chotacabras Lira |
Spanish (Argentina) | Atajacaminos Lira |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Chotacabras Colilira |
Spanish (Peru) | Chotacabras Cola de Lira |
Spanish (Spain) | Chotacabras lira |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Aguaitacamino Cola de Lira |
Swedish | lyrstjärtad nattskärra |
Turkish | Lir Kuyruklu Çobanaldatan |
Ukrainian | Дрімлюга-лірохвіст рудошиїй |
Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra
Version: 1.0 — Published August 29, 2014
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Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Vocalizations
The rollicking song of Lyre-tailed Nightjar is most often heard at dusk and consists of 5-11 rising wéeou-tee notes, given from a perch or from the ground (Cleere 1998). The song also may be given in flight or while chasing a female (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001).
For a representative audio recording with sonogram, see audio
Displaying males utter weep-weep-weep-weepupup in rapid series (McKay and Gertler, in Hilty and Brown 1986).
The call has been described as weep-weep-weep or chip-chip-chip, given both by perched and flying birds (McKay and Gertler, in Hilty and Brown 1986).
Additional audio recordings of vocalizations of Lyre-tailed Nightjar can be heard at Macaulay Library and at xeno-canto.
Nonvocal Sounds
None described.