Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | lelek madagaskarský |
Dutch | Madagaskarnachtzwaluw |
English | Madagascar Nightjar |
English (United States) | Madagascar Nightjar |
French | Engoulevent malgache |
French (France) | Engoulevent malgache |
German | Madagaskarnachtschwalbe |
Japanese | マダガスカルヨタカ |
Norwegian | madagaskarnattravn |
Polish | lelek malgaski |
Russian | Мадагаскарский козодой |
Serbian | Madagaskarski leganj |
Slovak | lelek madagaskarský |
Spanish | Chotacabras Malgache |
Spanish (Spain) | Chotacabras malgache |
Swedish | madagaskarnattskärra |
Turkish | Madagaskar Çobanaldatanı |
Ukrainian | Дрімлюга мадагаскарський |
Caprimulgus madagascariensis Sganzin, 1840
PROTONYM:
Caprimulgus Madagascariensis
Sganzin, 1840. Mémoires de la Société du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Strasbourg 3, p.28.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Sainte Marie, Madagascar.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CAPRIMULGUS
- caprimulgus
- madagarensis / madagascariensis / madagascarina / madagascarinus / madagascarius
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Madagascar Nightjar Caprimulgus madagascariensis Scientific name definitions
Nigel Cleere
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1999
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1999
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Madagascar Nightjar Caprimulgus madagascariensis
Authors
Nigel Cleere
Recommended Citation
Cleere, N. (2020). Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.madnig1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 1, 1999
- Madagascar Nightjar Caprimulgus madagascariensis
Authors
Nigel Cleere
Recommended Citation
Cleere, N. (1999). Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis). 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.