Spot-tailed Nightjar / Hydropsalis maculicaudus
Spot-tailed Nightjar
SCI Name:
Protonym: Stenopsis maculicaudus Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 7 p.459
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Caprimulgidae / Hydropsalis
Taxonomy Code: sptnig1
Type Locality: Para.
Author: Lawrence
Publish Year: 1862
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HYDROPSALIS
(Caprimulgidae; Ϯ Scissor-tailed Nightjar H. torquata furcifer) Gr. ὑδρο- hudro- water- < ὑδωρ hudōr, ὑδατος hudatos water; ψαλις psalis, ψαλιδος psalidos pair of scissors; "A. Hirundines terrestres. Genus. Hydropsalis, Wasserscheere (Nov. Gen.) Character universalis Caprimulgi; cauda profunde furcata, rectrice utrinque extima elongatissima. Species: 1. Hydrops. Azarae (Engoulevent à queue en ciseau Azar. Caprimulgus furcifer Vieill., Caprim. psalurus Temm. Pl. col. 157 ♂ 158 ♀) — 2. H. manurus (Caprim. manurus Vieill. n. d. X. p. 239.) Hydrops. Azarae erscheint in Paraguay mitten im Winter (nie im Frühjahre oder Sommer); fliegt beständig über dem Wasser der Flüsse und an deren Ufern hin und her. Bei Aenderungen der Flugrichtung breitet er die langen seitlichen Federn des Schwanzes wie die Klingen eines Scheere auseinander." (Wagler 1832); "Hydropsalis Wagler, Isis von Oken, 1832, col. 1222. Type, by subsequent designation, Caprimulgus furcifer Vieillot (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 11)." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 217).
Var. Hydropsallis, Hydropsalia, Pydrosalis, Pydropsalis.
Synon. Antiurus, Diplopsalis, Psalurus, Stenopsis, Thermochalcis.
maculicauda / maculicaudis / maculicaudus
L. macula spot; cauda tail.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)