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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Other synonyms

Bengali: মেটে রাতচরা
Catalan: Enganyapastors de jungla
Czech: lelek indický
Danish: Asiatisk Natravn
German: Dschungelnachtschwalbe
English: Gray Nightjar (Jungle), Grey nightjar, Indian Jungle Nightjar, Jungle Nightjar
English (India): Jungle Nightjar (Indian Jungle Nightjar)
English (IOC): Jungle Nightjar
Spanish: Chotacabras de Jungla
Spanish (Spain): Chotacabras de Jungla
Spanish (HBW): Jungle Nightjar
Estonian: ida-öösorr
Finnish: harmaakehrääjä
French: Engoulevent de jungle, Engoulevent de la jungle, Engoulevent des Indes, Engoulevent indien, Engoulevent jotaka
Hungarian: dzsungel lappantyú
Indonesian: Burung Cabak Kelabu, Cabak Kelabu
Icelandic: Naglfari
Italian: Succiacapre grigio
Japanese: bunbo-chō, janguruyotaka, ka-sui-dori, namasu-tataki, yo-taka
Japanese: カスイドリ, ジャングルヨタカ, ナマスタタキ, ブンボチョウ, ヨタカ
Japanese (Kanji): 夜鷹, 怪鴟, 蚊吸い鳥, 蚊母鳥
Korean: 쏙독새
Korean (Transliteration): ssokdok-sae
Scientific: Caprimulgicus jotaka, Caprimulgus indicus, Caprimulgus indicus indicus, Caprimulgus indicus indicus/kelaarti
Lithuanian: Džiunglinis lėlys
Latvian: džungļu vakarlēpis
Malayalam: കാട്ടു രാച്ചുക്ക്, കാട്ടുരാച്ചുക്ക്
Mongolian: Лагс эргүү бор, Лагс эргүүбор
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠯᠠᠭᠰᠠ ᠡᠷᠬᠢᠭᠦᠦ ᠪᠣᠷᠣ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠡᠷᠬᠢᠭᠦᠦ ᠴᠠᠬᠣᠯᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Эргүү цахлай
Mongolian (Transliteration): ergüu tsаkhlаi, lags ergüü bor, lags ergüü-bor
Malay: Burung Tukang Hutan, Burung Tukang Kelabu
Dutch: Junglenachtzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Indianatteramn
Norwegian: Orientnattravn
Palauan: Chebacheb
Polish: lelek indyjski
Pinyin: guǐ-niǎo, pǔtōng yè-yīng, rìběn yè-yīng, tiē shù-pí, wén-mǔ-niǎo, yè yóu gē, yè-yàn, yè-yīng
Portuguese: Noitibó-da-selva
Russian: Большой козодой, Козодой большой
Slovak: lelek sivý
Swedish: Orientnattskärra
Tamil: Kattu Pakki
Thai: นกกะบ้าดง, นกตบยุงภูเขา
Thai (Transliteration): nók kà-bâa doŋ, nók tòp-yuŋ pʰuu-kʰăw
Ukrainian: Дрімлюга великий
Vietnamese: Chim Cú muỗi Ấn Độ, Cú muỗi ấn độ
Chinese: *普通夜鹰, 丛林夜鹰, 夜游鸽, 夜燕, 夜鹰, 普通夜鹰, 蚊母鸟, 贴树皮, 鬼鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 夜燕, 夜遊鴿, 夜鷹, 日本夜鹰, 普通夜鶯, 普通夜鷹, 蚊母鳥, 貼樹皮, 鬼鳥
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 日本夜鷹, 普通夜鷹
Chinese (Taiwan): 日本夜鹰, 普通夜鹰