Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (25)
- Monotypic
Calvin L. Cink, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 7, 2017
Text last updated March 7, 2017
Sign in to see your badges
Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | enganyapastors cridaner septentrional |
| Czech | lelek křiklavý |
| Dutch | Whippoorwill |
| English | Eastern Whip-poor-will |
| English (United States) | Eastern Whip-poor-will |
| French | Engoulevent bois-pourri |
| French (France) | Engoulevent bois-pourri |
| German | Schwarzkehl-Nachtschwalbe |
| Icelandic | Gjallfari |
| Japanese | ホイップアーウィルヨタカ |
| Norwegian | eikenattravn |
| Polish | lelkowiec krzykliwy |
| Russian | Жалобный козодой |
| Serbian | Istočni vipurvil |
| Slovak | lelek hlasný |
| Spanish | Chotacabras Cuerporruín Norteño |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Chotacabras Norteño |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Guabairo chico |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Chotacabras Güipogüil Migratorio |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Tapacaminos Cuerporruín Norteño |
| Spanish (Panama) | Tapacamino Cuerporruín |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chotacabras cuerporruín norteño |
| Swedish | östlig skriknattskärra |
| Turkish | Islıkçı Çobanaldatan |
| Ukrainian | Дрімлюга канадський |
Antrostomus vociferus (Wilson, 1812)
PROTONYM:
Caprimulgus vociferus
Wilson, 1812. American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature 5, p.71 pl.41 fig.1,2,3.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Pennsylvania.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ANTROSTOMUS
- vociferus
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)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Eastern Whip-poor-will
