Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | enganyapastors argus |
Czech | lelek australský |
Dutch | Argusnachtzwaluw |
English | Spotted Nightjar |
English (United States) | Spotted Nightjar |
French | Engoulevent argus |
French (France) | Engoulevent argus |
German | Argusnachtschwalbe |
Indonesian | Taktarau tutul |
Japanese | ヒゲナシヨタカ |
Norwegian | argusnattravn |
Polish | rogatnik kropkowany |
Russian | Козодой-аргус |
Serbian | Pegavi leganj |
Slovak | nočnár škvrnitý |
Spanish | Chotacabras Argos |
Spanish (Spain) | Chotacabras argos |
Swedish | argusnattskärra |
Turkish | Argus Çobanaldatanı |
Ukrainian | Ночнар австралійський |
Eurostopodus argus Hartert, 1892
PROTONYM:
Eurostopodus argus
Hartert, 1892. Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum 16, p.607,608.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Australia, Aru Islands and probably New Ireland.'
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- EUROSTOPODUS
- argus
- Argus
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Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus Scientific name definitions
Nigel Cleere
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 13, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 13, 2013
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus
Authors
Nigel Cleere
Recommended Citation
Cleere, N. (2020). Spotted Nightjar (Eurostopodus argus), 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.sponig1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- December 13, 2013
- Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus
Authors
Nigel Cleere
Recommended Citation
Cleere, N. (2013). Spotted Nightjar (Eurostopodus argus). 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.