Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Subspecies (2)
David T. Holyoak and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 26, 2012
Text last updated December 26, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | egotel australià |
| Czech | lelčík australský |
| Dutch | Australische Dwergnachtzwaluw |
| English | Australian Owlet-nightjar |
| English (United States) | Australian Owlet-nightjar |
| French | Égothèle d'Australie |
| French (France) | Égothèle d'Australie |
| German | Baumhöhlenschwalm |
| Icelandic | Kransgapi |
| Indonesian | Atoko selatan |
| Japanese | オーストラリアズクヨタカ |
| Norwegian | australuglesvale |
| Polish | sownik australijski |
| Russian | Австралийский совиный козодой |
| Serbian | Australijski sovasti leganj |
| Slovak | lelčík závojový |
| Spanish | Egotelo Australiano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Egotelo australiano |
| Swedish | australisk uggleskärra |
| Turkish | Avustralya Egoteli |
| Ukrainian | Еготело австралійський |
Aegotheles cristatus (Shaw, 1790)
PROTONYM:
Caprimulgus cristatus
Shaw, 1790. Journal of a Voyage to new South Wales with Sixty-five plates of Non-descript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, curious Cones of Trees and other Natural Productions appendix, p.241,pl..
TYPE LOCALITY:
New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- AEGOTHELES
- cristatum / cristatus
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 Australian Owlet-nightjar
