Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | enganyapastors cuabarrat |
| Czech | lelek pruhoocasý |
| Dutch | Staartbandnachtzwaluw |
| English | Band-tailed Nighthawk |
| English (United States) | Band-tailed Nighthawk |
| French | Engoulevent leucopyge |
| French (France) | Engoulevent leucopyge |
| German | Bindenschwanz-Nachtschwalbe |
| Japanese | オビオヨタカ |
| Norwegian | dryadenatthauk |
| Polish | lelkowiec amazoński |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | bacurau-de-cauda-barrada |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Bacurau-de-cauda-barrada |
| Russian | Амазонский сумеречник |
| Serbian | Trakorepi leganj |
| Slovak | lelek pásochvostý |
| Spanish | Añapero Colibandeado |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Añapero Colibandeado |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Añapero faja blanca |
| Spanish (Peru) | Chotacabras de Cola Bandeada |
| Spanish (Spain) | Añapero colibandeado |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Aguaitacamino Coliblanco |
| Swedish | bandstjärtad nattskärra |
| Turkish | Bant Kuyruklu Gecedoğanı |
| Ukrainian | Анаперо смугастохвостий |
Nyctiprogne leucopyga (Spix, 1825)
PROTONYM:
Caprimulgus leucopygus
Spix, 1825. Avium species novae, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX (etc.) 2, p.3 pl.3 fig.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Wooded shores of the Amazon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NYCTIPROGNE
- leucopyga
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Band-tailed Nighthawk Nyctiprogne leucopyga Scientific name definitions
Hyun Seok Yoon
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 1, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 1, 2015
Diet and Foraging
Introduction
Band-tailed Nighthawk is insectivorous, but its diet is not known in much detail. Stomach contents include beetles Coleoptera (including Carabidae, Curculionidae, Elateridae, Hydrophilidae, Pentatomidae, Platypodidae, and Staphylinidae), ants Formicidae, bugs Hemiptera, homoterans, and winged termites Isoptera (Cleere 1998, Alvarez Alonso and Whitney 2003).
