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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Bengali: মেটে রাতচরা
Catalan: Enganyapastors de jungla
Czech: Lelek indický
Danish: Asiatisk Natravn
German: Dschungel-/Graunachtschwalbe, Dschungelnachtschwalbe, Dschungel-Nachtschwalbe
English: Gray Nightjar, Gray Nigthjar, Grey Nightjar, Grey Nigthjar, Indian Jungle Nightjar, Indian Jungle or Grey Nightjar, Japanese Nightjar, Jungle Nighjar, Jungle Nightjar, Jungle/Gray Nightjar
English, HBW: Jungle/Grey Nightjar
English (IOC): Jungle/Grey Nightjar
English (United States): Jungle/Gray Nightjar
Esperanto: Ĝangala kaprimulgo
Spanish: Chotacabra del Monte, Chotacabras de Jungla, Chotacabras de Jungla/Jotaka
Spanish (Spain): Chotacabras de jungla/jotaka
Spanish (HBW): Jungle/Gray Nightjar
Estonian: ida-öösorr
Finnish: Harmaakehrääjä
French: Engoulevent de jungle ou E. jotaka, Engoulevent de la jungle ou E. jotaka, Engoulevent des Indes, Engoulevent indien, Engoulevent jotaka
Hungarian: dzsungel lappantyú
Indonesian: Burung Cabak Kelabu, Cabak India, Cabak Kelabu
Italian: Succiacapre della giungla, Succiacapre grigio
Japanese (romaji): bunbo-chō, janguruyotaka/yotaka, ka-sui-dori, namasu-tataki, yotaka, yo-taka, yotaka/yotaka
Japanese: カスイドリ, ジャングルヨタカ/ヨタカ, ナマスタタキ, ブンボチョウ, ヨタカ, ヨタカ/ヨタカ
Japanese (Kanji): 夜鷹, 怪鴟, 蚊吸い鳥, 蚊母鳥
Korean: 쏙독새
Korean (Transliteration): ssokdok-sae
Scientific: Caprimulgicus jotaka, Caprimulgus [indicus or jotaka], Caprimulgus indicus, Caprimulgus indicus indicus, Caprimulgus indicus/jotaka, Caprimulgus jotaka, Caprimulgus jotaka jotaka
Lithuanian: Džiunglinis lėlys
Malayalam: കാട്ടു രാച്ചുക്ക്
Mongolian: Лагс эргүү бор, Лагс эргүүбор
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠯᠠᠭᠰᠠ ᠡᠷᠬᠢᠭᠦᠦ ᠪᠣᠷᠣ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠡᠷᠬᠢᠭᠦᠦ ᠴᠠᠬᠣᠯᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Эргүү цахлай
Mongolian (Transliteration): ergüu tsаkhlаi, lags ergüü bor, lags ergüü-bor
Malay: Burung Tukang Hutan, Burung Tukang Kelabu, Tukang Kelabu
Dutch: Jungle-nachtzwaluw, Junglenachtzwaluw/Grijze Nachtzwaluw, Oerwoudnachtzwaluw
Norwegian: indianattravn/orientnattravn, Orientnattravn
Palauan: Chebacheb
Polish: lelek indyjski, lelek indyjski/mandżurski
Pinyin: guǐ-niǎo, pǔtōng yè-yīng, rìběn yè-yīng, tiē shù-pí, wén-mǔ-niǎo, yè yóu gē, yè-yàn, yè-yīng
Portuguese: Noitibó-da-selva
Portuguese (Portugal): noitibó-da-selva/noitibó-cinzento
Russian: Большой козодой, Джунглевый/Большой козодой, Индийский козодой, Козодой большой
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Alu Bimbassa
Slovak: lelek sivý, lelek sivý/jotaka
Serbian: Prašumski leganj/sivi leganj
Swedish: Orientnattskärra, orientnattskärra/kinesisk nattskärra
Tamil: Kattu Pakki
Thai: นกกะบ้าดง, นกตบยุงภูเขา
Thai (Transliteration): nók kà-bâa doŋ, nók tòp-yuŋ pʰuu-kʰăw
Turkish: Doğu/gri çobanaldatan
Ukrainian: Дрімлюга великий
Vietnamese: Chim Cú muỗi Ấn Độ, Cú muỗi ấn độ
Chinese: 印度夜鹰/普通夜鹰, 夜游鸽, 夜燕, 夜鹰, 普通夜鷹, 普通夜鹰, 蚊母鸟, 贴树皮, 鬼鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 印度夜鹰/普通夜鹰, 夜燕, 夜遊鴿, 夜鷹, 日本夜鹰, 普通夜鶯, 普通夜鷹, 蚊母鳥, 貼樹皮, 鬼鳥
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 日本夜鷹, 普通夜鷹
Chinese (Taiwan): 日本夜鹰, 普通夜鹰