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Indian Nightjar

Caprimulgus asiaticus Latham, J 1790

The Indian nightjar is a small nightjar which is a resident breeder in open lands across South Asia and Southeast Asia. Like most nightjars it is crepuscular and is best detected from its characteristic calls at dawn and dusk that have been likened to a stone skipping on a frozen lake - a series of clicks that become shorter and more rapid. They are sometimes spotted on roads when their eyes gleam red in the spotlight of a vehicle. There is considerable plumage variation across its range and can be hard to differentiate from other nightjars in the region especially in the field. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Caprimulgiformes
Family:
  Caprimulgidae
Genus:
   Caprimulgus
Scientific:
  Caprimulgus asiaticus

Original description

Citation:
  Latham, J 1790

Reference:
   Index Orn. 2 p.588

Protonym:
  Caprimulgus asiaticus

Type locality:
  India, = Bombay.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53510013

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  65D4C83B7790076A

Avibase ID:
  avibase-65D4C83B

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/65D4C83B

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 555588

Geographic range:

  • Caprimulgus asiaticus [asiaticus or siamensis]: southeastern Pakistan and India east to western Myanmar, Thailand, and southern Indochina
  • Caprimulgus asiaticus eidos: Sri Lanka
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Indian Nightjar
Catalan:
Enganyapastors de l'Índia
Czech:
lelek džunglový
Danish:
Indisk Natravn
German:
Indiennachtschwalbe
Spanish:
Chotacabras Hindú
Spanish (Spain):
Chotacabras Hindú
Finnish:
intiankehrääjä
French:
Engoulevent indien
Croatian:
ogrličasti leganj
Hungarian:
hindu lappantyú
Italian:
Succiacapre indiano
Japanese (romaji):
indoyotaka
Japanese:
インドヨタカ
Lithuanian:
Indinis lėlys
Dutch:
Hindoenachtzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Bengalnatteramn
Norwegian:
Bengalnattravn
Polish:
lelek krótkoskrzydły
Portuguese:
Noitibó-da-ásia
Portuguese (Portugal):
noitibó-indiano
Russian:
Индийский козодой
Slovak:
lelek krpatý
Serbian:
Indijski leganj
Swedish:
indisk nattskärra
Ukrainian:
Дрімлюга індійський
Chinese:
印度夜鹰
Chinese (Traditional):
印度夜鷹

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Engoulevent indien ( Caprimulgus asiaticus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Indiese naguil
Belarusian: Індыйскі ляляк
Bulgarian: Индийски козодой
Bengali: দেশি রাতচরা, হদচ঱ যাতচযা
Bengali (transliteration): dēśi rātacarā
Catalan: Enganyapastors de l'Índia
Czech: Lelek džunglový
Welsh: Troellwr India
Danish: Indisk Natravn
German: Hindunachtschwalbe, Indiennachtschwalbe
Greek: Ivδικό γιδoβύζι
English: Common Indian Nightjar, Indian Nightjar, Little Indian Nightjar, Little Nightjar
English, HBW: Indian Nightjar
English (IOC): Indian Nightjar
English (United States): Indian Nightjar
Esperanto: Barata kaprimulgo, Hinda kaprimulgo
Spanish: Chotacabra Hindú, Chotacabras Hindú
Spanish (Spain): Chotacabras Hindú
Spanish (HBW): Indian Nightjar
Estonian: džungli-öösorr
Basque: Zata indiar
Finnish: Intiankehrääjä
French: Engoulevent indien
Frisian: Hindudeislieper
Irish: Tuirne Indiach
Galician: Noiteboa indiana
Croatian: ogrličasti leganj
Hungarian: hindu lappantyú
Italian: Succiacapre indiano
Japanese (romaji): indo yo-taka, indoyotaka
Japanese: インドヨタカ
Japanese (Kanji): インド夜鷹, インド怪鴟, インド蚊母鳥
Scientific: Caprimulgus asiaticus, Caprimulgus asiaticus asiaticus
Lithuanian: Indijinis lelys, Indinis lėlys
Latvian: Indijas vakarlēpis
Malayalam: നാട്ടുരാച്ചുക്ക്, നാട്ടുരാച്ചുക്ക് പളുങ്ങാപളുങ്ങി
Marathi: रातवा
Nepali: चुक्चुके चैतेचरा
Dutch: Hindoenachtzwaluw, Hindoe-nachtzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bengalnatteramn
Norwegian: Bengalnattravn
Polish: Lelek hinduski, lelek krótkoskrzydly, lelek krótkoskrzydły
Pinyin: yìndù yè-yīng
Portuguese: Noitibó-da-ásia
Portuguese (Portugal): noitibó-indiano
Rhaeto-Romance: Chavret da l’India
Romanian: Caprimulg cu ceafă roşie
Russian: Индийский козодой
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Indu Bimbassa
Slovak: Lelek krpatý
Slovenian: Indijska podhujka
Serbian: Indijski leganj
Swedish: Indisk nattskärra
Tamil: Chinna Pakki
Thai: นกกะบ้า, นกตบยุงเล็ก, นกตาฟาง
Thai (Transliteration): nók kà-bâa, nók taa-faaŋ, nók tòp-yuŋ lék
Turkish: Hint Çobanaldatanı, kızıl enseli çobanaldatan, Kızıl-enseli çobanaldatan
Ukrainian: Дрімлюга індійський
Vietnamese: Á, Chim Cú muỗi Á châu, Chim Cú muỗi Châu, Cú muỗi á châu
Chinese: 印度夜鹰
Chinese (Traditional): 印度夜鷹

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