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Short-tailed Nighthawk / Lurocalis semitorquatus

Short-tailed Nighthawk bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsShort-tailed or Chestnut-banded Nighthawk, Short-tailed or Semi-collared Nighthawk, Semi-collared Nighthawk
Old latin name for birdCaprimulgus semitorquatus
OrderNightjars and relatives / Caprimulgiformes
FamilyNightjars / Caprimulgidae
GenusLurocalis
Breeding regionMiddle America, South America
Breeding subregionwidespread

Short-tailed Nighthawk bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Roland Rumm
    Honduras
  • 2.
    Flight call, © Douglas Meyer
    Brazil
  • 3.
    Calls, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
  • 4.
    Flight call, © Niels Krabbe
    Ecuador
  • 5.
    Call, © Niels Krabbe
    Ecuador
  • 6.
    Calls in flight, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
  • 7.
    Song from perch, flight call, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
  • 8.
    Calls (alarm?), © Daniel F. Lane
    Peru
  • 9.
    Flight call, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
  • 10.
    Song in flight, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Rufous-bellied Nighthawk

Where to see Short-tailed Nighthawk

Short-tailed Nighthawk subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Lurocalis semitorquatus nattereriiAmazonia s of the Amazon to n Argentina-No
Lurocalis semitorquatus schaeferiAragua (n Venezuela)-No
Lurocalis semitorquatus semitorquatusn Colombia to the Guianas and n Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago-No
Lurocalis semitorquatus stoneise Mexico to nw Ecuador-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Catalanenganyapastors cuacurt
Chinese半领夜鹰
Chinese (Traditional)半領夜鷹
Croatianmrki leganj
Czechlelek netopýří, lelek límcový
DanishKorthalet Nathøg
DutchKortstaartnachtzwaluw
EsperantoMallongvosta noktofalko
Estonianmets-videvikusorr
Finnishsepelkehrääjä
FrenchEngoulevent à queue courte ou E. de Natterer, Engoulevent à queue courte
GermanBändernachtschwalbe
GuaraniYvyja'u-mbyju'i, Añaperô, Yvyja'u mbyju'i
Hungarianörves estifecske
ItalianSucciacapre codacorta, Caprimulgo-sparviero dal semicollare
Japaneseタンビヨタカ
Lithuaniantrumpauodegis apykaklėtasis lėlys, Trumapuodegis apykalėtasis lėlys
Norwegiandunkelnatthauk, Dunkelnatthauk
Norwegian NynorskDunkelnatthauk
Polishlelkowiec krótkosterny, lelczyk krótkosterny
Portuguesebacurau, tuju, noitibó-de-cauda-curta, curiango-coleira
RussianПолуошейниковый козодой
SerbianKratkorepi leganj
Slovaklelek kolohrivý, súmračník kolohrivý, súmracník kolohrivý
SpanishChotacabras Colicorta, Chotacabras Rabicorto, Pucuyo colicorto, Atajacaminos castaño, Chotacabra de Cola Corta, Añapero colicorto, Chotacabras cola corta, Añapero castaño
Swedishkortstjärtad nattskärra, Kortstjärtad falknattskärra
TurkishKısa Kuyruklu Gecedoğanı
Ukrainianанаперо-довгокрил бурий