Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | enganyapastors cuacurt |
| Czech | lelek netopýří |
| Dutch | Kortstaartnachtzwaluw |
| English | Short-tailed Nighthawk |
| English (United States) | Short-tailed Nighthawk |
| French | Engoulevent à queue courte |
| French (France) | Engoulevent à queue courte |
| German | Bändernachtschwalbe |
| Japanese | タンビヨタカ |
| Norwegian | dunkelnatthauk |
| Polish | lelkowiec krótkosterny |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | tuju |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Tuju |
| Russian | Полуошейниковый козодой |
| Serbian | Kratkorepi leganj |
| Slovak | lelek kolohrivý |
| Spanish | Añapero Colicorto |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Añapero Castaño |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Añapero Colicorto |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Añapero Colicorto |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Chotacabras Cola Corta |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Chotacabras Cola Corta |
| Spanish (Panama) | Añapero Colicorto |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Añapero castaño |
| Spanish (Peru) | Chotacabras de Cola Corta |
| Spanish (Spain) | Añapero colicorto |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Aguaitacamino Semiacollarado |
| Swedish | kortstjärtad falknattskärra |
| Turkish | Kısa Kuyruklu Gecedoğanı |
| Ukrainian | Анаперо-довгокрил бурий |
Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
Version: 1.0 — Published January 13, 2012
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Vocalizations
The common vocalization (and apparent song) of most populations (the semitorquatus group) is described variously as "a sharp, slightly liquid g'wik or gweek" (stonei, Mexico; Howell and Webb 1995); "an upslurred whick? singly or in series" (noctivagus, Costa Rica; Stiles and Skutch 1989); "a sharp stacatto cu-it, often repeated several times in a series" (noctivagus, western Ecuador; Ridgely and Greenfield 2001); and as "a liquid whistle tuip interspersed with a series, often rising, of more gruff barks: pah pah pah" (semitorquatus, Peru; Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2007); and as "a ... constantly repeated but well-spaced ewIT ... ewIT ... ewIT ..." (nattereri, Brazil; Belton 1984). This song is given both in flight and when perched (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2007).
Additional recordings of vocalizations of the Short-tailed Nighthawk can be heard at Macaulay Library and at xeno-canto.
Nonvocal Sounds
None reported.
