Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Czech | lelek srpkokřídlý |
Dutch | Sikkelvleugelnachtzwaluw |
English | Sickle-winged Nightjar |
English (United States) | Sickle-winged Nightjar |
French | Engoulevent à faucilles |
French (France) | Engoulevent à faucilles |
German | Sichelschwingen-Nachtschwalbe |
Japanese | カマバネヨタカ |
Norwegian | stumpnattravn |
Polish | lelkowiec sierposkrzydły |
Portuguese (Brazil) | curiango-do-banhado |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Curiango-dos-charcos |
Russian | Серпокрылый козодой |
Serbian | Srpokrili leganj |
Slovak | lelek krátkochvostý |
Spanish | Chotacabras Pantanero |
Spanish (Argentina) | Atajacaminos Ala Negra |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Atajacaminos ala negra |
Spanish (Spain) | Chotacabras pantanero |
Spanish (Uruguay) | Dormilón Ala Negra |
Swedish | lievingad nattskärra |
Turkish | Orak Kanatlı Çobanaldatan |
Ukrainian | Дрімлюга-короткохвіст |
SPECIES
Sickle-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus anomalus
Nathaniel Young
Version: 1.0 — Published January 23, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published January 23, 2015
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Conservation
Conservation Status
The IUCN Red List global conservation status of Sickle-winged Nighthjar is evaluated as Near Threatened (BirdLife International 2014), and it is considered endangered in Brazil (Bernardes et al. 1990, Collar et al. 1992). Previously thought to be very scarce throughout its range (Cleere 1998), although it may be somewhat more widespread and less scarce than previously thought (e.g. Kirwan et al 1999).
Effects of human activity on populations
Sickle-winged Nightjar is presumably under pressure from habitat loss due to agricultural expansion, intensive grazing, anthropogenic fires, wetland drainage, and extensive use of pesticides (BirdLife International 2014).