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Caprimulgus jotaka  Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1077362

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Grey Nightjar [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderCaprimulgiformes   
                            FamilyCaprimulgidae  – Nightjars  
                               GenusCaprimulgus Linnaeus, 1758 – Nightjars  
                                  SpeciesCaprimulgus jotaka Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 – Grey Nightjar  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesCaprimulgus jotaka hazarae Whistler, 1935  
                                     SubspeciesCaprimulgus jotaka jotaka Temminck & Schlegel, 1845  
       

 References
       
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  Source: IOC World Bird List (v 8.2), website (version 8.2), website (version 8.2)  
  Acquired: 2018   
  Notes: Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2018. IOC World Bird List (v 8.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 26 Jun, 2018]   
  Reference for: Caprimulgus jotaka, Grey Nightjar [English]   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2018.02.01, website (version 01-Feb-18)  
  Acquired: 2018   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Caprimulgus jotaka   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Howell, Steve N. G., Ian Lewington, and Will Russell   
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Rare Birds of North America   
  Page(s): xviii + 428   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780691117966   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Caprimulgus jotaka   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Peters, James Lee   
  Publication Date: 1940   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-list of Birds of the World, vol. 4   
  Page(s): xii + 291   
  Publisher: Harvard University Press   
  Publication Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA   
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  Reference for: Caprimulgus jotaka   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    North America  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Incidental  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: With the split of Caprimulgus jotaka from Caprimulgus indicus, C. jotaka retains the name Grey Nightjar and C. indicus takes the name Jungle Nightjar  
    Incidental to Aleutian Islands  
 

 

    


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