Wallace's Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles wallacii Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Subspecies (3)
David T. Holyoak and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 29, 2017
Text last updated December 29, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | egotel de Wallace |
| Czech | lelčík skvrnitý |
| Dutch | Wallacedwergnachtzwaluw |
| English | Wallace's Owlet-nightjar |
| English (United States) | Wallace's Owlet-nightjar |
| French | Égothèle de Wallace |
| French (France) | Égothèle de Wallace |
| German | Fleckenhöhlenschwalm |
| Indonesian | Atoko wallacea |
| Japanese | ウォーレスズクヨタカ |
| Norwegian | vatreuglesvale |
| Polish | sownik plamisty |
| Russian | Папуанский совиный козодой |
| Serbian | Volesov sovasti leganj |
| Slovak | lelčík svetloprsý |
| Spanish | Egotelo de Wallace |
| Spanish (Spain) | Egotelo de Wallace |
| Swedish | vattrad uggleskärra |
| Turkish | Wallace Egoteli |
| Ukrainian | Еготело темнокрилий |
Aegotheles wallacii Gray, 1859
PROTONYM:
Aegotheles wallacii
Gray, 1859. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 27(2), p.154.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Dorey [now Manokwari] New Guinea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- AEGOTHELES
- wallaceana / wallaceanus / wallacei / wallaciana / wallacii
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Wallace's Owlet-nightjar
