New Holland Goat-sucker, Lath. Gen. Syn. Supp., vol. ii. p. 261.—Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. x. p. 170.—Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. vii. p. 341.
Bristled Goat-sucker, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. vii. p. 342.
Caprimulgus vittatus, Ib. Ind. Orn. Supp., p. lviii.
Banded Goat-sucker, Ib. Gen. Syn. Supp., vol. ii. p. 262, pl. 136.—Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. x. p. 152, pl. 17.—Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. vii. p. 342, pl. cxv.
Ægotheles Novæ-Hollandiæ, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 197.—De la Fresn. in Guerin, Mag. de Zool. 1838, p. 21, pl. 82.
—— lunulatus, Jard. and Selby, Ill. Orn., vol. iii. pl. 149.
—— Australis, Swains. Class. of Birds, vol. ii. p. 338.
—— cristatus, G. R. Gray, List of Gen. of Birds, p. 7.
Little Mawepawk, Colonists of Van Diemen’s Land. Teringing, Aborigines of the coast of New South Wales.
This very interesting little Nightjar is subject to great variation in the colour and markings of its plumage, a circumstance which has tended to produce much confusion, and greatly to increase the list of synonyms.