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Scissor-tailed Nightjar

Hydropsalis torquata
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Atajacaminos Tijera
Bacurau-tesoura
Family: Caprimulgidae
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from La Virgencita

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Caprimulgus torquatus.

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🌿 EcoRegistros Revista - Related Articles


📖 Issue Nº 10 • Article Nº 3
✍ Oscar Bernardo Quiroga and Jose Luis Navarro
09/09/2020 22:33



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Last published photographs

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Photography ID: 585784
♀  Adult
Falda del Carmen
Córdoba
Argentina
12/06/2017
Glauco Oliveira
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Photography ID: 230431
♂  Adult
Falda del Carmen
Córdoba
Argentina
11/26/2017
Andres Espindola



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
203907706/12/2017ArgentinaCórdobaLa Virgencita, Falda del CarmenGlauco Oliveira
65424606/12/2017ArgentinaCórdobaLa Virgencita, Falda del Carmen5Andres Espindola
64666926/11/2017ArgentinaCórdobaLa Virgencita, Falda del CarmenAndres Espindola
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 05/04/2026.