Eastern Whip-poor-will

Eastern Whip-poor-will / Antrostomus vociferus

Eastern Whip-poor-will

Here the details of the Eastern Whip-poor-will named bird below:

SCI Name:  Antrostomus vociferus
Protonym:  Caprimulgus vociferus Am.Orn. 5 p.71 pl.41 fig.1,2,3
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Caprimulgidae /
Taxonomy Code:  whip-p1
Type Locality:  Pennsylvania.
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Publish Year:  1812
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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.

vociferus
L. vociferus  clamorous, noisy  < vociferari  to shout  < vox, vocis  voice, cry, sound; ferre  to bear.
● ex “Epouskyca” or “Crying Bird” of Bartram 1791 (syn. Aramus guarauna pictus).
● "79. CHARADRIUS.  ...  vociferus.  4. C. fasciis pectoris colli frontis genarumque nigris, cauda lutea fascia nigra, pedibus pallidis.  Pluvialis vociferus. Catesb. car. I. p. 71. t. 71.  Habitat in America septentrionali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Charadrius).
● ex "Tell-tale Godwit, or Snipe" of A. Wilson 1813 (syn. Tringa melanoleuca).