Long-trained Nightjar / Macropsalis forcipata
WBN 
Long-trained Nightjar
SCI Name:
Protonym: Caprimulgus forcipatus Syst.Pterylogr. p.125
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Caprimulgidae / Macropsalis
Taxonomy Code: lotnig2
Type Locality:
Author: Nitzsch
Publish Year: 1840
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MACROPSALIS
(Caprimulgidae; Ϯ Long-trained Nightjar M. forcipata) Gr. μακρος makros long; ψαλις psalis, ψαλιδος psalidos pair of scissors; "Genus 6. HYDROPSALIS. ... Subgen. 3. No white band on primaries; tail singly forked; outer pair of rectrices of male more than double the length of medial pair, which are the shortest. . . .Macropsalis. ... Subgen. 3. Macropsalis. The species of this group may be differentiated ... by their two external elongated tail-feathers ... 5. HYDROPSALIS FORCIPATA. ... 6. HYDROPSALIS YPANEMÆ. ... 7. HYDROPSALIS LYRA. ... 8. HYDROPSALIS SEGMENTATA." (P. Sclater 1866); "Macropsalis Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1866, p. 141 (in key), p. 143. Type, by subsequent designation, Caprimulgus forcipatus Nitzsch = Hydropsalis creagra Bonaparte (Hartert, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 16, 1892, p. 601.)" (Peters 1940, IV, 219).
forcipata / forcipatus
Mod. L. forcipatus tong-shaped, shaped like pincers < L. forceps, forcipis pair of tongs, pincers (cf. Med. L. forceps beak).
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)
