Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | lelek zakrslý |
Dutch | Spix' Nachtzwaluw |
English | Pygmy Nightjar |
English (United States) | Pygmy Nightjar |
French | Engoulevent pygmée |
French (France) | Engoulevent pygmée |
German | Spixnachtschwalbe |
Japanese | コビトヨタカ |
Norwegian | pygménattravn |
Polish | lelkowiec brazylijski |
Portuguese (Brazil) | bacurauzinho-da-caatinga |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Bacurauzinho-da-caatinga |
Russian | Крошечный козодой |
Serbian | Patuljasti leganj |
Slovak | lelek trpasličí |
Spanish | Chotacabras Pigmeo |
Spanish (Spain) | Chotacabras pigmeo |
Swedish | pygménattskärra |
Turkish | Kırlangıç Çobanaldatanı |
Ukrainian | Дрімлюга бразильський |
Nyctipolus hirundinaceus (Spix, 1825)
PROTONYM:
Caprimulgus hirundinaceus
Spix, 1825. Avium species novae, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX (etc.) 2, p.2 pl.3 fig.1.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Rio Solimoes, error = Feira de Sant' Anna, Bahia, cf. Hellmayr, antea, 1929, p. 400.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NYCTIPOLUS
- hirundinacea / hirundinaceum / hirundinaceus
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Pygmy Nightjar Nyctipolus hirundinaceus Scientific name definitions
Andrea Alfano
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 19, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 19, 2014
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Pygmy Nightjar Nyctipolus hirundinaceus
Authors
Andrea Alfano
Recommended Citation
Alfano, A. (2020). Pygmy Nightjar (Nyctipolus hirundinaceus), 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.pygnig1.01
Neotropical Birds
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Version 1.0
- December 19, 2014
- Pygmy Nightjar Nyctipolus hirundinaceus
Authors
Andrea Alfano
Revisors
Andrea Alfano
Recommended Citation
Alfano, A. (2014). Pygmy Nightjar (Nyctipolus hirundinaceus), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.pygnig1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- July 11, 2014
- Pygmy Nightjar Nyctipolus hirundinaceus
Authors
Nigel Cleere and Eduardo de Juana
Revisors
Eduardo de Juana
Recommended Citation
Cleere, N. and E. de Juana (2014). Pygmy Nightjar (Nyctipolus hirundinaceus). 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.