Caprimulgus Linnaeus, 1758
Caprimulgus longirostris Bonaparte, 1825
Caprimulgus longirostris ; [AVTAX ]
C. l. atripunctatus (Chapman, 1923)
Caprimulgus longirostris atripunctatus ; [AVTAX ]
C. l. bifasciatus Gould, 1837
Caprimulgus longirostris bifasciatus ; [AVTAX ]
C. l. decussatus Tschudi, 1844
Caprimulgus longirostris decussatus ; [AVTAX ]
C. l. longirostris
Caprimulgus longirostris longirostris ; [AVTAX ]
C. l. mochaensis Cleere, 2006
Caprimulgus longirostris mochaensis ; [AVTAX ]
C. l. patagonicus Olrog, 1962
Caprimulgus longirostris patagonicus ; [AVTAX ]
C. l. pedrolimai Grantsau, 2008
Caprimulgus longirostris pedrolimai ; [AVTAX ]
C. l. roraimae (Chapman, 1929)
Caprimulgus longirostris roraimae ; [AVTAX ]
C. l. ruficervix (Sclater, 1866)
Caprimulgus longirostris ruficervix ; [AVTAX ]
Caprimulgus cayennensis Gmelin, 1789
Caprimulgus cayennensis ; [AVTAX ]
C. c. albicauda (Lawrence, 1875)
Caprimulgus cayennensis albicauda ; [AVTAX ]
C. c. apertus Peters, 1940
Caprimulgus cayennensis apertus ; [AVTAX ]
C. c. cayennensis
Caprimulgus cayennensis cayennensis ; [AVTAX ]
C. c. insularis (Richmond, 1902)
Caprimulgus cayennensis insularis ; [AVTAX ]
C. c. leopetes Jardine & Selby, 1830
Caprimulgus cayennensis leopetes ; [AVTAX ]
C. c. manati (Pinchon, 1963)
Caprimulgus cayennensis manati ; [AVTAX ]
Caprimulgus candicans (Pelzeln, 1867)
Caprimulgus candicans ; [AVTAX ]
Caprimulgus maculicaudus (Lawrence, 1862)
Caprimulgus maculicaudus ; [AVTAX ]
Caprimulgus parvulus Gould, 1837
Caprimulgus parvulus ; [AVTAX ]
Caprimulgus heterurus (Todd, 1915)
Caprimulgus heterurus ; [AVTAX ]
Caprimulgus anthonyi (Chapman, 1923)
Caprimulgus anthonyi ; [AVTAX ]
Caprimulgus maculosus (Todd, 1920)
Caprimulgus maculosus ; [AVTAX ]
Caprimulgus nigrescens Cabanis, 1848
Caprimulgus nigrescens ; [AVTAX ]
Caprimulgus whitelyi (Salvin, 1885)
Caprimulgus whitelyi ; [AVTAX ]
Caprimulgus hirundinaceus Spix, 1825
Caprimulgus hirundinaceus ; [AVTAX ]
C. h. cearae (Cory, 1917)
Caprimulgus hirundinaceus cearae ; [AVTAX ]
C. h. hirundinaceus
Caprimulgus hirundinaceus hirundinaceus ; [AVTAX ]
C. h. vielliardi Ribon, 1995
Caprimulgus hirundinaceus vielliardi ; [AVTAX ]
Caprimulgus ruficollis Temminck, 1820
Red-necked Nightjar
C. r. desertorum Erlanger, 1899
Caprimulgus indicus Latham, 1790
Gray Nightjar
C. i. kelaarti Blyth, 1851
Caprimulgus jotaka Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
C. j. hazarae Whistler & Kinnear, 1935
C. j. phalaena Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872
Caprimulgus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758
European Nightjar
Nightjar
Kehrääjä
C. e. dementievi Stegmann, 1949
C. e. meridionalis Hartert, 1896
C. e. plumipes Prjevalsky, 1876
C. e. sarudnyi Hartert, 1912
Caprimulgus fraenatus Salvadori, 1884
Caprimulgus rufigena Smith, 1845
C. r. damarensis Strickland, 1853
Caprimulgus aegyptius Lichtenstein, 1823
Egyptian Nightjar
C. a. saharae Erlanger, 1899
Caprimulgus mahrattensis Sykes, 1832
Caprimulgus centralasicus Vaurie, 1960
Caprimulgus centralasicus ; [AVTAX ]; [CoL ]
Caprimulgus nubicus Lichtenstein, 1823
Nubian Nightjar
C. n. jonesi Ogilvie-Grant & Forbes, 1899
C. n. tamaricis Tristram, 1864
C. n. torridus Lort Phillips, 1898
Caprimulgus eximius Temminck, 1826
C. e. simplicior Hartert, 1921
Caprimulgus atripennis Jerdon, 1845
C. a. aequabilis Ripley, 1945
Caprimulgus macrurus Horsfield, 1821
C. m. albonotatus Tickell, 1833
C. m. bimaculatus Peale, 1848
C. m. johnsoni Deignan, 1955
C. m. salvadorii Sharpe, 1875
C. m. schlegelii Meyer, 1874
Caprimulgus meesi Sangster & Rozendaal, 2004
Caprimulgus andamanicus Hume, 1873
Caprimulgus manillensis Walden, 1875
Caprimulgus celebensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1894
C. c. jungei Neumann, 1939
Caprimulgus donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895
Caprimulgus nigriscapularis Reichenow, 1893
Caprimulgus nigriscapularis ; [AVTAX ]; [CoL ]
Caprimulgus pectoralis nigriscapularis ; [iNaturalist ]
Caprimulgus pectoralis Cuvier, 1816
C. p. crepusculans Clancey, 1994
C. p. fervidus Sharpe, 1875
C. p. shelleyi Bocage, 1878
Caprimulgus poliocephalus Ruppell, 1840
Caprimulgus ruwenzorii Ogilvie-Grant, 1909
C. r. guttifer Grote, 1921
Caprimulgus poliocephalus guttifer ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Caprimulgus ruwenzorii guttifer ; [AVTAX ]
C. r. koesteri Neumann, 1931
Caprimulgus poliocephalus koesteri ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Caprimulgus ruwenzorii koesteri ; [AVTAX ]
C. r. ruwenzorii
Caprimulgus ruwenzorii ruwenzorii ; [AVTAX ]
Caprimulgus asiaticus Latham, 1790
Caprimulgus madagascariensis Sganzin, 1840
C. m. aldabrensis Ridgway, 1894
Caprimulgus natalensis Smith, 1845
C. n. accrae Shelley, 1875
Caprimulgus solala Safford, Ash, Duckworth, Telfer & Zewdie, 1995
Caprimulgus inornatus Heuglin, 1869
Caprimulgus stellatus Blundell & Lovat, 1899
Caprimulgus affinis Horsfield, 1821
C. a. amoyensis Baker, 1931
C. a. griseatus Walden, 1875
C. a. kasuidori Hachisuka, 1932
C. a. mindanensis Mearns, 1905
C. a. monticolus Franklin, 1831
C. a. propinquus Riley, 1918
C. a. stictomus Swinhoe, 1863
C. a. timorensis Mayr, 1944
C. a. undulatus Mayr, 1944
Caprimulgus tristigma Ruppell, 1840
C. t. granosus Clancey, 1965
C. t. lentiginosus Smith, 1845
C. t. pallidogriseus Parker & Benson, 1971
C. t. sharpei Alexander, 1901
Caprimulgus concretus Bonaparte, 1850
Caprimulgus pulchellus Salvadori, 1879
C. p. bartelsi Finsch, 1902
Caprimulgus prigoginei Louette, 1990
Caprimulgus enarratus Gray, 1871
Caprimulgus enarratus ; [AVTAX ]
Caprimulgus batesi Sharpe, 1906
Caprimulgus climacurus Vieillot, 1824
C. c. nigricans (Salvadori, 1868)
C. c. sclateri (Bates, 1927)
Caprimulgus clarus Reichenow, 1892
Caprimulgus fossii Hartlaub, 1857
C. f. griseoplurus Clancey, 1965
C. f. welwitschii Bocage, 1867
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[AVTAX] Zoonomen
Extracted during June 2011, for most recent information, verify using links provided; Zoological Nomenclature Resource ; Birds of the World -- current valid scientific avian names
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
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