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Plain Nightjar
Caprimulgus inornatus Heuglin, MT 1869
The plain nightjar is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It breeds in the southern Sahel, Southern Sudan, the Horn of Africa and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula. It migrates to lower latitudes - including central Congo and northern Tanzania. A rather plain looking nightjar with grey-brown, brown, and rufous morphs. Males have white spots on primaries, large white corners to tail, and no white on the throat Females have buffy-brown wing spots, and no white on the tail. Source: Wikipedia
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Caprimulgiformes
Family:
Caprimulgidae
Genus:
Caprimulgus
Scientific:
Caprimulgus inornatus
Classification
Order:Caprimulgiformes
Family:
Caprimulgidae
Genus:
Caprimulgus
Scientific:
Caprimulgus inornatus
Original description
Citation:
Heuglin, MT 1869
Reference:
Orn. Nordost-Afr.
1 p.129
Protonym:
Caprimulgus inornatus
Type locality:
Bogosland.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33699376
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
7C3959D678F5AA3C
Avibase ID:
avibase-7C3959D6
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/7C3959D6
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555590
Geographic range:
- Caprimulgus inornatus: Thornscrub of sub-Saharan Africa and sw Arabian Peninsula
Source: Clements checklist
Plain Nightjar
Catalan:
Enganyapastors de planura
Czech:
lelek mramorovaný
Danish:
Sahelnatravn
German:
Marmornachtschwalbe
Spanish:
Chotacabras Sencillo
Spanish (Spain):
Chotacabras Sencillo
Finnish:
sahelinkehrääjä
French:
Engoulevent terne
Croatian:
sahelski leganj
Hungarian:
márványos lappantyú
Italian:
Succiacapre disadorno
Japanese (romaji):
mujiyotaka
Japanese:
ムジヨタカ
Lithuanian:
Blyškusis lėlys
Dutch:
Marmernachtzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Sahelnatteramn
Norwegian:
Sahelnattravn
Polish:
lelek jasny
Portuguese:
Noitibó-modesto
Portuguese (Portugal):
noitibó-saheliano
Russian:
Мраморный козодой
Slovak:
lelek menlivý
Serbian:
Jednobojni leganj
Swedish:
sahelnattskärra
Ukrainian:
Дрімлюга блідий
Chinese:
纯色夜鹰
Chinese (Traditional):
平原夜鷹
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Engoulevent terne ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Engoulevent terne ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Plain Nightjar ( Caprimulgus inornatus) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Caprimulgus inornatus [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Caprimulgus inornatus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Vaalnaguil
Bulgarian: Сив козодой
Catalan: Enganyapastors de planura, Enganyapastors senzill
Czech: Lelek mramorovaný
Welsh: Troellwr plaen
Danish: Sahelnatravn
German: Marmornachtschwalbe, Marmor-Nachtschwalbe
Greek: Μαρμαρoγιδoβύζι
English: Ludovic's Nightjar, Plain Nightjar
English, HBW: Plain Nightjar
English (IOC): Plain Nightjar
English (Kenya): Plain Nightjar
English (United States): Plain Nightjar
Esperanto: Plata kaprimulgo, Senornama kaprimulgo
Spanish: Chotacabra Sencilla, Chotacabras Sencillo
Spanish (Spain): Chotacabras Sencillo
Spanish (HBW): Plain Nightjar
Estonian: savanni-öösorr
Finnish: Sahelinkehrääjä
French: Engoulevent modeste, Engoulevent terne
Frisian: Feale deislieper
Irish: Tuirne pléineáilte
Galician: Noiteboa lisa
Croatian: sahelski leganj
Hungarian: márványos lappantyú
Italian: Succiacapre disadorno
Japanese (romaji): mujiyotaka
Japanese: ムジヨタカ
Scientific: Caprimulgus inornatus, Caprimulgus inornatus inornatus, Caprimulgus inornatus ludovicianus, Caprimulgus inornatus malbranti, Caprimulgus inornatus vinaceabrunneus, Caprimulgus inornatus vinacea-brunneus, Caprimulgus ludovicianus
Lithuanian: Blyškusis lėlys, Marmurinis lelys
Latvian: Sahelas vakarlēpis, Sāhelas vakarlēpis
Dutch: Marmernachtzwaluw, Vale nachtzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sahelnatteramn
Norwegian: Sahelnattravn
Polish: lelek jasny
Portuguese: Noitibó-modesto
Portuguese (Portugal): noitibó-saheliano
Romanian: Caprimulg spălăcit
Russian: Мраморный козодой, Серый козодой
Northern Sami: Sahelčahran
Slovak: lelek menlivý
Slovenian: Enobarvna podhujka
Serbian: Jednobojni leganj
Swedish: Sahelnattskärra
Swahili: Kirukanjia Bilachoro
Turkish: boz başlı çobanaldatan, Boz-başli çobanaldatan, Soluk çobanaldatan, Soluk Renkli Çobanaldatan
Ukrainian: Дрімлюга блідий
Chinese: 纯色夜鹰
Chinese (Traditional): 平原夜鷹
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