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White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis

Photo: Michiel Oversteegen

Classification

Hydropsalis [genus]
(1 species)
cayennensis [species] (1)

Classification

Hydropsalis [genus]
(1 species)
cayennensis [species] (1)

Names

Dutch name Witstaartnachtzwaluw
Alternative Dutch name Zuid-Amerikaanse Nachtzwaluw
English name White-tailed Nightjar
Alternative English name Cayenne Nighthawk
Papiamento name Bati-bati (Curaçao)
Papiamento name Tapa Kaminda (Curaçao)
Papiamento name Para Carpinté (Bonaire)
Papiamento name Tapa Camina (Aruba)
Papiamento name Para Karpinté (Curaçao)
Papiamento name Palabrua (Bonaire)
Valid name Hydropsalis cayennensis (Gmelin, 1789)
Synonym Caprimulgus cayennensis (Gmelin, 1789)

Classification