Least Nighthawk Chordeiles pusillus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (6)
Dominique Hellmich
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 13, 2014
Text last updated June 13, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | enganyapastors menut |
| Czech | lelek nejmenší |
| Dutch | Kleinste Nachtzwaluw |
| English | Least Nighthawk |
| English (United States) | Least Nighthawk |
| French | Engoulevent nain |
| French (France) | Engoulevent nain |
| German | Gnomennachtschwalbe |
| Japanese | コビトアメリカヨタカ |
| Norwegian | tussenatthauk |
| Polish | lelczyk malutki |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | bacurauzinho |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Bacurauzinho |
| Russian | Карликовый сумеречник |
| Serbian | Patuljasti američki leganj |
| Slovak | súmračník malý |
| Spanish | Añapero Menudo |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Añapero Chico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Añapero menudo |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Aguaitacamino Menudo |
| Swedish | dvärgfalknattskärra |
| Turkish | Küçük Gecedoğanı |
| Ukrainian | Анаперо карликовий |
Chordeiles pusillus Gould, 1861
PROTONYM:
Chordeiles ? pusillus
Gould, 1861. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861, Part 2, p.182.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Supposed to be from Bahia'; the type is a Bahia trade skin.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CHORDEILES
- pusillum / pusillus
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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)
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Distribution of the Least Nighthawk
