European Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeus - Engoulevent d'Europe
Description identification
Subspecific information 6 subspecies
- Caprimulgus europaeus europaeus (c and n Europe to c, n and sc Siberia)
- Caprimulgus europaeus meridionalis (s Europe and n Africa to the Caucasus and nw Iran)
- Caprimulgus europaeus sarudnyi (Kazakhstan and w Siberia)
- Caprimulgus europaeus unwini (Iraq and Iran to Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan)
- Caprimulgus europaeus plumipes (nw China to w and s Mongolia)
- Caprimulgus europaeus dementievi (ne Mongolia to sc Siberia)
Foreign names
- Engoulevent d'Europe,
- Chotacabras Europeo,
- Noitibó da Europa,
- Ziegenmelker,
- Lappantyú,
- Nachtzwaluw,
- Succiacapre eurasiatico,
- Nattskärra,
- Nattravn,
- lelek lesný,
- lelek lesní,
- Natravn,
- kehrääjä,
- Europese Naguil,
- enganyapastors comú,
- Náttfari,
- lelek (zwyczajny),
- vakarlēpis,
- podhujka,
- Обыкновенный козодой,
- ヨーロッパヨタカ,
- 欧亚夜鹰,
- 歐夜鷹,
Habitat
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v10.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes