The jungle nightjar is a species of nightjar found in the Indian Subcontinent. It is found mainly on the edge of forests where it is seen or heard at dusk. The taxonomy of this and related nightjars is complex and a range of treatments have been followed that cover this and several other nightjars in the Asian region. It was formerly called the grey nightjar or Indian jungle nightjar and sometimes included the East Asian grey nightjar as a subspecies. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Latham, J 1790
Reference:
Index Orn.
2 p.588
Protonym:
Caprimulgus indicus
Type locality:
India.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53510013
Avibase ID:
5FF1655990EF549E
Avibase ID:
avibase-5FF16559
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/5FF16559
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177964
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Indian Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Indian Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Indian Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Indian Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Indian Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Indian Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Indian Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Indian Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Indian Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Indian Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Indian Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Gray Nightjar (Jungle) ( Caprimulgus indicus indicus/kelaarti) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Gray Nightjar (Jungle) ( Caprimulgus indicus indicus/kelaarti) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Gray Nightjar (Jungle) ( Caprimulgus indicus indicus/kelaarti) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Indian Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Indian Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Indian Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Indian Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Indian Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Jungle Nightjar ( Caprimulgus indicus) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Caprimulgus indicus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Caprimulgus [indicus or jotaka]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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