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Bates's Nightjar

Caprimulgus batesi Sharpe, RB 1906

Bates's nightjar or the forest nightjar, is a bird species of the family Caprimulgidae, found in the rainforests of western Sub-Saharan Africa. Source: Wikipedia

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


Original description

Citation:
  Sharpe, RB 1906

Reference:
   Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 19 p.18

Protonym:
  Caprimulgus batesi

Type locality:
  River Ja, Cameroon.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100946#page/442/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  CCA7AB2D872022C0

Avibase ID:
  avibase-CCA7AB2D

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/CCA7AB2D


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 555597

Geographic range:

  • Caprimulgus batesi: Congo River Basin (southern Cameroon to northern Gabon, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and western Uganda)
English:
Bates's Nightjar
Catalan:
Enganyapastors de Bates
Czech:
lelek Batesův
Danish:
Centralafrikansk Natravn
German:
Waldnachtschwalbe
Spanish:
Chotacabras de Bates
Spanish (Spain):
Chotacabras de Bates
Finnish:
kameruninkehrääjä
French:
Engoulevent de Bates
Croatian:
srednjoafrički leganj
Hungarian:
erdei lappantyú
Italian:
Succiacapre di Bates
Japanese (romaji):
oniyotaka
Japanese:
オニヨタカ
Lithuanian:
Beitso lėlys
Dutch:
Bates' Nachtzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kongonatteramn
Norwegian:
Kongonattravn
Polish:
lelek dżunglowy
Portuguese:
noitibó-da-floresta
Portuguese (Portugal):
noitibó-de-bates
Russian:
Центральноафриканский козодой
Slovak:
lelek čiapočkatý
Swedish:
batesnattskärra
Ukrainian:
Дрімлюга джунглевий
Chinese:
贝氏夜鹰
Chinese (Traditional):
貝慈氏夜鷹


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Avilist 2025:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Engoulevent de Bates ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Engoulevent de Bates ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Clements 1st edition:
Bates' Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Clements, version 2021:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Clements, version 2022:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Clements 3rd edition:
Bates' Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Clements 4th edition:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Clements 6th edition:
Bates' Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Bates' Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Bates' Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Bates' Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Caprimulgus batesi
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Caprimulgus batesi
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Caprimulgus batesi
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Bates's Nightjar ( Caprimulgus batesi)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Caprimulgus batesi
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Caprimulgus batesi

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: Enganyapastors de Bates
Czech: Lelek Batesuv, lelek Batesův
Danish: Centralafrikansk Natravn
German: Waldnachtschwalbe
English: Bate's Nightjar, Bates' Nightjar, Bates's Forest Nightjar, Bates's Nightjar, Forest Nightjar
English, HBW: Bates's Nightjar
English (IOC): Bates's Nightjar
English (United States): Bates's Nightjar
Esperanto: Batesa kaprimulgo
Spanish: Chotacabra de Bate, Chotacabras de Bates
Spanish (Spain): Chotacabras de Bates
Spanish (HBW): Bates's Nightjar
Estonian: kongo öösorr
Finnish: Kameruninkehrääjä
French: Engoulevent de Bates, Engoulevent de forêt
Croatian: srednjoafrički leganj
Hungarian: erdei lappantyú
Italian: Succiacapre di Bates
Japanese (romaji): oniyotaka
Japanese: オニヨタカ
Scientific: Caprimulgus batesi
Lithuanian: Beitso lėlys
Dutch: Bates' Nachtzwaluw, Bates-nachtzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kongonatteramn
Norwegian: Kongonattravn
Polish: lelek dzunglowy, lelek dżunglowy
Portuguese: noitibó-da-floresta
Portuguese (Portugal): noitibó-de-bates
Russian: Козодой Бейтеса, Центральноафриканский козодой
Slovak: lelek čiapočkatý
Swedish: Bates nattskärra, batesnattskärra
Turkish: Bates çobanaldatanı
Ukrainian: Дрімлюга джунглевий
Chinese: 贝氏夜鹰
Chinese (Traditional): 貝慈氏夜鷹

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