Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | enganyapastors cua de lira |
| 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
Systematics
Geographic Variation
Three subspecies currently recognized:
lyra, described as Hydropsalis lyra Bonaparte 1850; type locality Bogotá [Colombia]
Occurs from Venezuela through Colombia to Ecuador; record from Peru in Cajamarca, west of the Marañón River, presumably also is this subspecies.
See Detailed Description.
peruana, described as Macropsalis lyra peruana Berlepsch and Stolzmann 1906; type locality Chontapunco, Marcapata [Cuzco], Peru
Occurs along the east slope of the Andes of Peru; specimens from Bolivia presumably also this subspecies.
Similar to nominate lyra but somewhat larger (see Measurements) and more reddish (Cleere 1998).
argentina, described as Uropsalis lyra argentina Olrog 1975
Occurs in northwestern Argentina; records from southern Bolivia (Tarija) perhaps also refer to this subspecies.
Larger than the other subspecies (see Measurements). Breast markings whiter; elongated tail feathers of male tipped with grayish instead of white (Cleere 1998).
Subspecies
Related Species
Phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequence data, from both mitochondrial and nuclear genes, reveals that the Caprimulgidae consists of several small basal clades and four major speciose clades, one of which is confined to the Old World, and three of which are in the New World (Han et al. 2010, Sigurdsson and Cracraft 2014). Uropsalis lyra is a member of a clade that also includes the genera Systellura, Nyctidromus, Eleothreptus, Setopagis, Hydropsalis, and Macropsalis (Han et al. 2010, Sigurdsson and Cracraft 2014).
