Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (35)
- Subspecies (2)
Nigel Cleere
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 21, 2013
Text last updated June 21, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | سبد مصري |
| Azerbaijani | Misir keçisağanı |
| Bulgarian | Блед козодой |
| Catalan | enganyapastors d'Egipte |
| Chinese (SIM) | 埃及夜鹰 |
| Croatian | pustinjski leganj |
| Czech | lelek světlý |
| Danish | Ørkennatravn |
| Dutch | Egyptische Nachtzwaluw |
| English | Egyptian Nightjar |
| English (United States) | Egyptian Nightjar |
| French | Engoulevent du désert |
| French (France) | Engoulevent du désert |
| German | Pharaonennachtschwalbe |
| Greek | Αιγυπτιακό Γιδοβύζι |
| Hebrew | תחמס מצרי |
| Hungarian | Sivatagi lappantyú |
| Icelandic | Niðfari |
| Italian | Succiacapre isabellino |
| Japanese | エジプトヨタカ |
| Lithuanian | Egiptinis lėlys |
| Norwegian | ørkennattravn |
| Persian | شبگرد مصری |
| Polish | lelek egipski |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Noitibó-do-deserto |
| Romanian | Caprimulg egiptean |
| Russian | Буланый козодой |
| Serbian | Egipatski leganj |
| Slovak | lelek žltkavý |
| Slovenian | Egiptovska podhujka |
| Spanish | Chotacabras Egipcio |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chotacabras egipcio |
| Swedish | ökennattskärra |
| Turkish | Çöl Çobanaldatanı |
| Ukrainian | Дрімлюга буланий |
Caprimulgus aegyptius Lichtenstein, 1823
PROTONYM:
Caprimulgus aegyptius
Lichtenstein, 1823. Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen, p.59.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Upper Egypt.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CAPRIMULGUS
- caprimulgus
- aegyptius
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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 Egyptian Nightjar
