Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Czech | lelek běloocasý |
Dutch | Witstaartnachtzwaluw |
English | White-tailed Nightjar |
English (United States) | White-tailed Nightjar |
French | Engoulevent coré |
French (France) | Engoulevent coré |
German | Weißschwanz-Nachtschwalbe |
Japanese | オジロヨタカ |
Norwegian | hvithalenattravn |
Polish | lelkowiec białopręgi |
Portuguese (Brazil) | bacurau-de-cauda-branca |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Bacurau-de-cauda-branca |
Russian | Белохвостый козодой |
Serbian | Belorepi leganj |
Slovak | lelek bielochvostý |
Spanish | Chotacabras Coliblanco |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Chotacabras Coliblanco |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Chotacabras Coliblanco |
Spanish (Panama) | Tapacamino Coliblanco |
Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Guabairo Coliblanco |
Spanish (Spain) | Chotacabras coliblanco |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Aguaitacamino Rastrojero |
Swedish | vitstjärtad nattskärra |
Turkish | Ak Kuyruklu Çobanaldatan |
Ukrainian | Дрімлюга білохвостий |
Hydropsalis cayennensis (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Caprimulgus cayennensis
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.1031.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cayenne.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HYDROPSALIS
- cayenensis / cayenna / cayennensis
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White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis Scientific name definitions
Mary Margaret Ferraro
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 27, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 27, 2015
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
Authors
Mary Margaret Ferraro
Recommended Citation
Ferraro, M. M. (2020). White-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis cayennensis), 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.whtnig1.01
Neotropical Birds
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Version 1.0
- February 27, 2015
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
Authors
Mary Margaret Ferraro
Revisors
Mary Margaret Ferraro
Recommended Citation
Ferraro, M. M. (2015). White-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis cayennensis), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.whtnig1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- October 30, 2013
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
Authors
Nigel Cleere
Recommended Citation
Cleere, N. (2013). White-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis cayennensis). 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.