White-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus candicans Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (22)
- Monotypic
Nigel Cleere, Guy M. Kirwan, and Eduardo de Juana
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 27, 2014
Text last updated July 27, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | enganyapastors alablanc |
| Czech | lelek bělokřídlý |
| Dutch | Witvleugelnachtzwaluw |
| English | White-winged Nightjar |
| English (United States) | White-winged Nightjar |
| French | Engoulevent à ailes blanches |
| French (France) | Engoulevent à ailes blanches |
| German | Weißflügel-Nachtschwalbe |
| Japanese | ハジロヨタカ |
| Norwegian | hvitvingenattravn |
| Polish | lelkowiec białoskrzydły |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | bacurau-de-rabo-branco |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Bacurau-de-sobre-branco |
| Russian | Белокрылый козодой |
| Serbian | Belokrili leganj |
| Slovak | lelek bielokrídly |
| Spanish | Chotacabras Aliblanco |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Atajacaminos ala blanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chotacabras aliblanco |
| Swedish | vitvingad nattskärra |
| Turkish | Ak Kanatlı Çobanaldatan |
| Ukrainian | Дрімлюга білокрилий |
Eleothreptus candicans (Pelzeln, 1867)
PROTONYM:
Stenopsis candicans
Pelzeln, 1867. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866, Part 3, p.588.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Irisanga, Sao Paulo.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ELEOTHREPTUS
- candicans
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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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-winged Nightjar
