Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | enganyapastors negrós |
| Czech | lelek černavý |
| Dutch | Roetnachtzwaluw |
| English | Blackish Nightjar |
| English (United States) | Blackish Nightjar |
| French | Engoulevent noirâtre |
| French (France) | Engoulevent noirâtre |
| German | Trauernachtschwalbe |
| Japanese | クロヨタカ |
| Norwegian | sotnattravn |
| Polish | lelkowiec żałobny |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | bacurau-de-lajeado |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Bacurau-das-lajes |
| Russian | Траурный козодой |
| Serbian | Crnkasti leganj |
| Slovak | lelek černastý |
| Spanish | Chotacabras Negruzco |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Chotacabras Negruzco |
| Spanish (Peru) | Chotacabras Negruzco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chotacabras negruzco |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Aguaitacamino Negruzco |
| Swedish | sotnattskärra |
| Turkish | Karaca Çobanaldatan |
| Ukrainian | Дрімлюга траурний |
Nyctipolus nigrescens (Cabanis, 1849)
PROTONYM:
Caprimulgus nigrescens
Cabanis, 1849. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844 3, p.710.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Lower Essequibo River, British Guiana.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NYCTIPOLUS
- nigrescens
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Blackish Nightjar Nyctipolus nigrescens Scientific name definitions
Kate Bemis
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 16, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 16, 2015
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Blackish Nightjar Nyctipolus nigrescens
Authors
Kate Bemis
Recommended Citation
Bemis, K. (2020). Blackish Nightjar (Nyctipolus nigrescens), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.blanig1.01
Neotropical Birds
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Version 1.0
- January 16, 2015
- Blackish Nightjar Nyctipolus nigrescens
Authors
Kate Bemis
Revisors
Kate Bemis
Recommended Citation
Bemis, K. (2015). Blackish Nightjar (Nyctipolus nigrescens), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.blanig1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- March 14, 2016
- Blackish Nightjar Nyctipolus nigrescens
Authors
Nigel Cleere and Eduardo de Juana
Revisors
Eduardo de Juana
Recommended Citation
Cleere, N. and E. de Juana (2016). Blackish Nightjar (Nyctipolus nigrescens). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
