Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)

Ladder-tailed Nightjar

Hydropsalis climacocerca

(Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
Chotacabras de Escalera
Acurana

Family: Caprimulgidae
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

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Synonyms: Caprimulgus climacocercus.

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Number of Photography: 8

Photography ID: 646584
Adult
Manaos
Amazonas
Brazil
06/21/2025
Pablo Alberto Re

Photography ID: 558073
Adult
Careiro da Várzea
Amazonas
Brazil
07/17/2023
Federico J. Villegas

Photography ID: 552392
♂ Adult
Careiro da Várzea
Amazonas
Brazil
07/17/2023
Jorge Schlemmer

Photography ID: 545366
♂ Adult
Careiro da Várzea
Amazonas
Brazil
07/17/2023
Pablo Eguia

Photography ID: 545365
Adult
Careiro da Várzea
Amazonas
Brazil
07/17/2023
Pablo Eguia

Photography ID: 269366
Río Madre de Dios
Madre de Dios
Peru
05/24/2018
Adriana Bellotti

Photography ID: 130061
Adult
Altamira
Pará
Brazil
06/16/2015
Jonas Kilpp

Photography ID: 22164
Adult
Alta Floresta
Mato Grosso
Brazil
11/20/2011
Carmelo López Abad

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Number of Records: 16

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2333893

21/06/2025

Brazil

Amazonas

Isla Marchantaria, Manaos

Pablo Alberto Re

1922788

17/07/2023

Brazil

Amazonas

Careiro da Várzea

Federico J. Villegas

1897662

17/07/2023

Brazil

Amazonas

Careiro da Várzea

Jorge Schlemmer

1813235

17/07/2023

Brazil

Amazonas

Careiro da Várzea

Pablo Eguia

785363

24/05/2018

Peru

Madre de Dios

Navegación entre Amazonia Lodge y Pantiacolla Lodge, Río Madre de Dios

Victor Hugo Michelini

765620

24/05/2018

Peru

Madre de Dios

Navegación entre Amazonia Lodge y Pantiacolla Lodge, Río Madre de Dios

Adriana Bellotti

616671

18/08/2017

Peru

Madre de Dios

Manu Wildlife Center - Posada Amazonas

Juan Chalco

377201

16/06/2015

Brazil

Pará

Altamira

Jonas Kilpp

1050058

05/07/2013

Peru

Madre de Dios

Amazon Research and Conservation Center

Julian Quillen Vidoz

1050060

07/06/2013

Peru

Puno

Cerro Chocolatillo

Julian Quillen Vidoz

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