Dusky Nightjar
Dusky Nightjar
Here the details of the Dusky Nightjar named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Antrostomus saturatus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.203
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Caprimulgidae / Antrostomus
Taxonomy Code: dusnig1
Type Locality: Volcdn de Chiriqui, Panama.
Author: Salvin
Publish Year: 1870
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ANTROSTOMUS
(Caprimulgidae; Ϯ Chuck-will's-widow A. carolinensis) Gr. αντρον antron cavern; στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos mouth. "Son bec depuis son bout jusqu'aux coins de la bouche a un pouce sept lignes de long ... Les bords de la mâchoire supérieure sont garnis de longs poils noirs, tournés en-devant & roides comme des soyes ... Il se nourrit d'Insectes" (Brisson 1760); "Gen. 38. ANTROSTOMUS, Gould. 42. ANTROSTOMUS CAROLINENSIS, Nob. (Caprimulgus Carolinensis, Gm.) Aud. pl. 52. Southern parts" (Bonaparte 1838); "Antrostomus Bonaparte, Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, p. 8 (Type, fixed by Gray, 1840, Caprimulgus carolinensis Gmel.)." (Cory, 1918, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. II (1), p. 131).
Var. Androstomus, Anthrostomus, Anthrostumus.
Synon. Annamornus, Setochalcis.
saturatum / saturatus
L. saturatus richly coloured, darker coloured, intensely coloured < satur, satura rich, copious < satis enough.
● “In my description of this Cuckoo [Cuculus micropterus] ...I considered certain dark ash-coloured specimens to be merely the old birds of the species ...Mr Hodgson, however, thinks differently, having lately forwarded similar examples by the designation C. saturatus” (Blyth 1843) (Cuculus).
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)