Spot-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis maculicaudus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (27)
- Monotypic
Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 11, 2013
Text last updated January 11, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | enganyapastors cuapintat |
| Czech | lelek kropenatý |
| Dutch | Vlekstaartnachtzwaluw |
| English | Spot-tailed Nightjar |
| English (United States) | Spot-tailed Nightjar |
| French | Engoulevent à queue étoilée |
| French (France) | Engoulevent à queue étoilée |
| German | Fleckschwanz-Nachtschwalbe |
| Japanese | マダラオヨタカ |
| Norwegian | flekkhalenattravn |
| Polish | lelkowiec białobrewy |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | bacurau-de-rabo-maculado |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Bacurau-de-sobre-maculado |
| Russian | Пятнистохвостый козодой |
| Serbian | Pegorepi leganj |
| Slovak | lelek škvrnochvostý |
| Spanish | Chotacabras Colipinto |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Chotacabras Colipunteado |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Chotacabras Cola Manchada |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Tapacaminos Sabanero |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Atajacaminos cola manchada |
| Spanish (Peru) | Chotacabras de Cola Punteada |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chotacabras colipinto |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Aguaitacamino Cola Pintada |
| Swedish | fläckstjärtad nattskärra |
| Turkish | Kuyruğu Benekli Çobanaldatan |
| Ukrainian | Дрімлюга світлобровий |
Hydropsalis maculicaudus (Lawrence, 1862)
PROTONYM:
Stenopsis maculicaudus
Lawrence, 1862. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 7, p.459.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Para.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HYDROPSALIS
- maculicauda / maculicaudis / maculicaudus
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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)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Spot-tailed Nightjar
