Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Subspecies (3)
Benjamin Van Doren
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 29, 2014
Text last updated August 29, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | enganyapastors cua de lira |
| Czech | lelek lyroocasý |
| Dutch | Lierstaartnachtzwaluw |
| English | Lyre-tailed Nightjar |
| English (United States) | Lyre-tailed Nightjar |
| French | Engoulevent lyre |
| French (France) | Engoulevent lyre |
| German | Leierschwanz-Nachtschwalbe |
| Icelandic | Lýruveifari |
| Japanese | タテゴトヨタカ |
| Norwegian | lyrenattravn |
| Polish | lelkowiec lirosterny |
| Russian | Лирохвостый козодой |
| Serbian | Lirorepi leganj |
| Slovak | lelek lýrochvostý |
| Spanish | Chotacabras Lira |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Atajacaminos Lira |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Chotacabras Colilira |
| Spanish (Peru) | Chotacabras Cola de Lira |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chotacabras lira |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Aguaitacamino Cola de Lira |
| Swedish | lyrstjärtad nattskärra |
| Turkish | Lir Kuyruklu Çobanaldatan |
| Ukrainian | Дрімлюга-лірохвіст рудошиїй |
Uropsalis lyra (Bonaparte, 1850)
PROTONYM:
Hydropsalis lyra
Bonaparte, 1850. Conspectus generum avium 1, p.59.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Santa Fé de Bogota.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- UROPSALIS
- lyra
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Lyre-tailed Nightjar
