Veles binotatus (Brown Nightjar)

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Brown Nightjar Veles binotatus (Bonaparte, 1850)
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Order:
  Caprimulgiformes
Family:
  Caprimulgidae
Genus:
  Veles

Scientific:
Veles binotatus

Citation:
(Bonaparte, 1850)

Reference:
Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.60

Protonym:
Caprimulgus binotatus

Avibase ID:
BBC51216F656E160

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/BBC51216

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 686703

Geographic range:

Veles binotatus: locally from Liberia to northern Gabon and central Democratic Republic of the Congo

Source: Clements checklist

English:
  Brown Nightjar
Czech:
  lelek hnědý
German:
  Bootschwanz-Nachtschwalbe
Danish:
  Kastanjenatravn
Spanish:
  Chotacabras Bimaculado
Finnish:
  ruskokehrääjä
French:
  Engoulevent à deux taches
Italian:
  Succiacapre bruno
Japanese:
  chairoyotaka
Japanese:
  チャイロヨタカ
Dutch:
  Bootstaartnachtzwaluw
Norwegian:
  Brunnattravn
Polish:
  lelkowiec brazowy
Russian:
  Бурый козодой
Slovak:
  lelek hnedý
Swedish:
  kastanjenattskärra
Chinese:
  非洲褐夜鹰

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
   Engoulevent à deux taches ( Veles binotatus)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
   Engoulevent à deux taches ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 1st edition:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 3rd edition:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Clements 4th edition:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 6th edition:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements, version 2015:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements, version 2016:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements, version 2017:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Clements, version 2018:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
eBird version 1.50:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
eBird version 1.52:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
eBird version 1.53:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
eBird version 1.54:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
eBird version 1.55:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
eBird version 2015:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
eBird version 2016:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
eBird version 2017:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
eBird version 2018:
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
   Brown Nightjar ( Veles binotatus)
James Lee Peters:
    Veles binotatus
James Lee Peters (original):
    Veles binotatus
James Lee Peters (2nd edition):
    Veles binotatus
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996):
   Brown Nightjar ( Caprimulgus binotatus)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
    Veles binotatus
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
    Veles binotatus

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Other synonyms
Catalan: Enganyapastors de dues taques
Czech: Lelek hnedý, lelek hnědý
Danish: Kastanienatravn, Kastanjenatravn
German: Bootschwanz-Nachtschwalbe
English: Brown Nightjar, Dusky Nightjar
English (IOC): Brown Nightjar
Spanish: Chotacabra Castaña, Chotacabras Bimaculado
Spanish (Spain): Chotacabras Bimaculado
Spanish (HBW): Brown Nightjar
Estonian: võlvsaba-öösorr
Finnish: Ruskokehrääjä
French: Engoulevent à deux taches
Hungarian: csónakfarkú lappantyú
Italian: Succiacapre bruno
Japanese: chairoyotaka
Japanese: チャイロヨタカ
Latin: Caprimulgus binotatus, Veles binotatus
Lithuanian: Rudasis lėlys
Dutch: Bootstaartnachtzwaluw, Bruine Nachtzwaluw
Norwegian: Brunnattravn
Polish: lelek dwuplamy, lelkowiec brazowy, lelkowiec brązowy
Russian: Бурый козодой, Коричневый козодой
Slovak: lelek hnedý
Swedish: Brun nattskärra, kastanjenattskärra
Ukrainian: Дрімлюга бурий
Chinese: 非洲褐夜鹰
Chinese (Traditional): 褐夜鷹