Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Europese Naguil
Common Names in Dutch:
Nachtzwaluw
Common Names in English:
Eurasian Nightjar, European Nightjar, Nightjar
Common Names in French:
Engoulevent d'Europe
Common Names in German:
Nachtschwalbe, Ziegenmelker, Ziegenmelker (Nachtschwalbe)
Common Names in Italian:
Succiacapre
Common Names in Japanese:
ヨーロッパヨタカ
Common Names in Russian:
Obyknovenny Kozodoy, Козодой, Козодой обыкновенный, Обыкновенный Козодой
Common Names in Spanish:
Chotacabras gris
Common Names in Swedish:
Nattskärra
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,093 meters (0 to 16,709 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate
- 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation
- 4 Grassland
- 4.4 Grassland - Temperate
- 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
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)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
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)
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
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)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
)
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Cypselomorphae
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)
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Caprimulgiformes
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)
- Ridgway, 1881
- Suborder:
Caprimulgi
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)
- Ridgway, 1881
- Infraorder:
Caprimulgides
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)
-
- Parvorder:
Caprimulgida
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)
- Superfamily:
Caprimulgoidea
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)
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- Family:
Caprimulgidae
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)
- Vigors, 1825
- Subfamily:
Caprimulginae
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)
- Genus:
Caprimulgus
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
europaeus
- Linnaeus 1758
- Scientific name: - Caprimulgus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus 1758
- Specific name:
europaeus
- Linnaeus 1758
- Genus:
Caprimulgus
(
- Subfamily:
Caprimulginae
(
- Family:
Caprimulgidae
(
- Superfamily:
Caprimulgoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Caprimulgida
(
- Infraorder:
Caprimulgides
(
- Suborder:
Caprimulgi
(
- Order:
Caprimulgiformes
(
- Superorder:
Cypselomorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
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Last scrutiny: 28-Sep-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Caprimulgus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 95 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. aegyptius (Egyptian Nightjar) · C. aegyptius aegyptius (Egyptian Nightjar) · C. affinis (Savanna Nightjar) · C. affinis affinis (Savanna Nightjar) · C. anthonyi (Anthony's Nightjar) · C. arizonae (Mexican Whip-Poor-Will) · C. asiaticus (Indian Nightjar) · C. asiaticus asiaticus (Indian Nightjar) · C. atripennis (Indian Long-Tailed Nightjar) · C. atripennis atripennis (Indian Long-Tailed Nightjar) · C. badius (Yucatan Tawny-Collared Nightjar) · C. batesi (Bates's Nightjar) · C. binotatus (Brown Nightjar) · C. candicans (White-Winged Nightjar) · C. carolinensis (Chuck-Will's Widow) · C. cayennensis (White-Tailed Nightjar) · C. cayennensis cayennensis (White-Tailed Nightjar) · C. celebensis (Sulawesi Nightjar) · C. centralasicus (Vaurie's Nightjar) · C. clarus (Slender-Tailed Nightjar) · C. climacurus (Long-Tailed Nightjar) · C. climacurus climacurus (Long-Tailed Nightjar) · C. concretus (Bonaparte's Nightjar) · C. cubanensis (Greater Antillean Nightjar) · C. cubanensis cubanensis (Greater Antillean Nightjar) · C. donaldsoni (Donaldson Smith's Nightjar) · C. ekmani (Hispaniola Nightjar) · C. enarratus (Collared Nightjar) · C. europaeus (European Nightjar) · C. europaeus europaeus (Eurasian Nightjar) · C. eximius (Golden Nightjar) · C. eximius eximius (Golden Nightjar) · C. fossii (Gaboon Nightjar) · C. fraenatus (Dusky Nightjar) · C. heterurus (Todd's Nightjar) · C. hirundinaceus (Pygmy Nightjar) · C. hirundinaceus hirundinaceus (Pygmy Nightjar) · C. indicus (Jungle Nightjar) · C. indicus indicus (Jungle Nightjar) · C. indicus jotaka (Jungle Nightjar) · C. inornatus (Plain Nightjar) · C. inornatus inornatus (Plain Nightjar) · C. longirostris (Band-Winged Nightjar) · C. longirostris longirostris (Band-Winged Nightjar) · C. ludovicianus (Ludovic's Nightjar) · C. macrurus (Large-Tailed Nightjar) · C. macrurus macrurus (Large-Tailed Nightjar) · C. maculicaudus (Spot-Tailed Nightjar) · C. maculosus (Cayenne Nightjar) · C. madagascariensis (Madagascar Nightjar) · C. madagascariensis madagascariensis (Madagascar Nightjar) · C. mahrattensis (Sykes's Nightjar) · C. manillensis (Philippine Nightjar) · C. meesi (Mees's Nightjar) · C. monticolus (Franklin's Nightjar) · C. mystacalis (White-Throated Nightjar) · C. natalensis (African White-Tailed Nightjar) · C. natalensis natalensis (African White-Tailed Nightjar) · C. nigrescens (Blackish Nightjar) · C. nigriscapularis (Black-Shouldered Nightjar) · C. noctitherus (Puerto Rican Whip-Poor-Will) · C. nubicus (Nubian Nightjar) · C. nubicus nubicus (Nubian Nightjar) · C. otiosus (St. Lucian Nightjar) · C. parvulus (Little Nightjar) · C. parvulus parvulus (Little Nightjar) · C. pectoralis (African Dusky Nightjar) · C. pectoralis pectoralis (African Dusky Nightjar) · C. poliocephalus (Abyssinian Nightjar) · C. prigoginei (Prigogene's Nightjar) · C. pulchellus (Salvadori's Nightjar) · C. pulchellus pulchellus (Salvadori's Nightjar) · C. ridgwayi (Ridgway's Whip-Poor-Will) · C. ridgwayi ridgwayi (Ridgway's Whip-Poor-Will) · C. ridgwayi troglodytes (Buff-Collared Nightjar) · C. ruficollis (Red-Necked Nightjar) · C. ruficollis ruficollis (Red-Necked Nightjar) · C. rufigena (Rufous-Cheeked Nightjar) · C. rufigena rufigena (Rufous-Cheeked Nightjar) · C. rufus (Rufous Nightjar) · C. rufus rufus (Rufous Nightjar) · C. ruwenzorii (Ruwenzori Nightjar) · C. salvini (Tawny-Collared Nightjar) · C. saturatus (Dusky Nightjar) · C. sericocaudatus (Silky-Tailed Nightjar) · C. sericocaudatus sericocaudatus (Silky-Tailed Nightjar) · C. solala (Nechisar Nightjar) · C. stellatus (Star Spotted Nightjar) · C. tristigma (Freckled Rock Nightjar) · C. vociferus (Stephens' Whip-Poor-Will) · C. vociferus arizonae (Whip-Poor-Will) · C. vociferus oaxacae (Whip-Poor-Will) · C. vociferus setosus (Whip-Poor-Will) · C. vociferus vociferus (Whip-Poor-Will) · C. whitelyi (Roraiman Nightjar)
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Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2009. Caprimulgus europaeus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Dorset Environmental Records Centre - Dorset SW Pilot species dataset
- UK National Biodiversity Network, RSPB - Nightjar national survey in Britain in 1992
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- , Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9908
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-687331
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4706086
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 555569
- IUCN ID: 197849
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133732
Footnotes
- Mean = 679.480 meters (2,229.265 feet), Standard Deviation = 904.270 based on 99,984 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
