Caprimulgus longipennis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Family
- Caprimulgidae
- Genus
- Caprimulgus
- Species
- Caprimulgus longipennis
- Scientific Name
- Caprimulgus longipennis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Standard-winged nightjar
The standard-winged nightjar (Caprimulgus longipennis) is a nocturnal bird in the nightjar family. Previously placed with the pennant-winged nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius) in their own genus, Macrodipteryx, it is native to Africa and displays extreme sexual dimorphism. During the breeding season, males will grow broad ornamental flight feathers longer than their body.
...Caprimulgus longipennis in languages:
- Bokmål
- Vimpelnattravn
- Czech
- lelek dlouhoperý
- Danish
- Standardvinge
- Dutch
- Viervleugelnachtzwaluw
- English
- Standard-winged Nightjar
- Finnish
- viirikehrääjä
- French
- Engoulevent à balanciers
- German
- Fahnennachtschwalbe
- German
- Flaggenflügel
- Hungarian
- hosszúszárnyú lappantyú
- Japanese
- ラケットヨタカ
- Russian
- Африканский вымпеловый козодой
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Caprimulgus affinis
- Caprimulgus andamanicus
- Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Caprimulgus atripennis
- Caprimulgus batesi
- Caprimulgus celebensis
- Caprimulgus clarus
- Caprimulgus climacurus
- Caprimulgus concretus
- Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- Caprimulgus europaeus
- Caprimulgus eximius
- Caprimulgus fossii
- Caprimulgus fraenatus
- Caprimulgus indicus
- Caprimulgus inornatus
- Caprimulgus jotaka
- Caprimulgus longipennis
- Caprimulgus macrurus
- Caprimulgus madagascariensis
- Caprimulgus mahrattensis
- Caprimulgus manillensis
- Caprimulgus meesi
- Caprimulgus natalensis
- Caprimulgus nubicus
- Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Caprimulgus phalaena
- Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Caprimulgus prigoginei
- Caprimulgus pulchellus
- Caprimulgus ruficollis
- Caprimulgus rufigena
- Caprimulgus solala
- Caprimulgus stellatus
- Caprimulgus tristigma
- Caprimulgus vexillarius