Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Caprimulgus [jotaka or phalaena] (sensu lato) by some authors

Your sightings

Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Belarusian: Маньчжурскі ляляк
Bengali: মেটে রাতচরা
Catalan: Enganyapastors gris
Czech: Lelek japonský
Danish: Grå junglenatravn
German: Graunachtschwalbe
English: Gray Nightjar, Grey Nightjar, Grey Nightjar (Grey)
English, HBW: Grey Nightjar
English (India): Grey Nightjar (Eastern Jungle Nightjar)
English (IOC): Grey Nightjar
English (United States): Gray Nightjar
Esperanto: Griza kaprimulgo
Spanish: Chotacabras gris, Chotacabras Jotaka
Spanish (Spain): Chotacabras Jotaka
Spanish (HBW): Gray Nightjar
Estonian: Ida-öösorr
Finnish: Harmaakehrääjä
French: Engoulevent jotaka, Engoulevent jotaka (jotaka)
Frisian: Grize deislieper
Irish: Tuirne liath
Galician: Noiteboa do Xapón
Croatian: prugastokrili leganj
Indonesian: Cabak kelabu
Icelandic: Naglfari
Italian: Succiacapre grigio
Japanese (romaji): yotaka
Japanese: ヨタカ
Korean: 쏙독새
Scientific: Caprimulgus indicus jotaka, Caprimulgus jotaka, Caprimulgus jotaka [jotaka], Caprimulgus jotaka jotaka
Latvian: Pelēkais vakarlēpis
Mongolian: Лагс эргүү бор, Лагс эргүүбор
Nepali: फुस्रो चैतेचरा
Dutch: Grijze Nachtzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Orientnatteramn
Norwegian: orientnattravn
Polish: lelek mandżurski
Portuguese: Noitibó-jotaka
Portuguese (Portugal): noitibó-cinzento
Rhaeto-Romance: Chavret jotaka
Russian: Большой козодой, Японский козодой 
Northern Sami: Ránesčahran
Slovak: lelek jotaka
Serbian: Sivi leganj
Swedish: kinesisk nattskärra
Thai: นกตบยุงภูเขา
Turkish: Gri çobanaldatan
Ukrainian: дрімлюга маньчжурський
Vietnamese: Cú muỗi Ấn Độ
Chinese: *普通夜鹰, 普通夜鹰
Chinese (Traditional): 普通夜鷹, 灰夜鷹