Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Catalan | enganyapastors d'ales romes |
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 |
Sickle-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus anomalus
Version: 1.0 — Published January 23, 2015
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Vocalizations
Straneck and Viñas (1994) described the song of Sickle-winged Nightjar as a series of soft chip, tchup, or tchut notes, repeated at a rate of ca 8 notes per second, for up to two-three minutes at a time. Other observers have not reported this vocalization, however. Kirwan et al. (1999) describe "some chirping, cricket-like sounds", which Accordi (2002) interpreted as the song.
For a representative audio recording with sonogram, see audio
Other authors, however, describe the song as "a soft, single tick" (Cleere 2010).
Reported flight calls include a harsh, nasal gzee gzee (Straneck and Viñas 1994; but also not reported by other observers?), or a "simple tik" given by a female in flight (Kirwan et al. 1999).
Additional audio recordings of vocalizations of Sickle-winged Nightjar can be heard at Macaulay Library and at xeno-canto.
Nonvocal Sounds
When patrolling its territory, the male makes distinctly audible flapping sounds with its wings. Also, during courtship flights the male occasionally produces muffled thudding sounds with its wings (Cleere 1998).