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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 Salta

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Caprimulgus torquatus.

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✍ Oscar Bernardo Quiroga and Jose Luis Navarro
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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 627469
♂  Adult
Cafayate
Salta
Argentina
03/12/2025
Elbio Mamaní
Foto
Photography ID: 590097
♂  Adult
Finca La Montaña
Salta
Argentina
03/11/2024
Victor Hugo Michelini
Foto
Photography ID: 584420
♂  Adult
Cafayate
Salta
Argentina
08/18/2019
Elbio Mamaní
Foto
Photography ID: 574621
 Finca La Montaña
Salta
Argentina
02/06/2024
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 223758
♂  Adult
Salta (Capital)
Salta
Argentina
10/20/2017
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 223756
♂  Adult
Salta (Capital)
Salta
Argentina
10/20/2017
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 223755
♂  Adult
Salta (Capital)
Salta
Argentina
10/20/2017
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 202586
♀  Adult
Salta (Capital)
Salta
Argentina
05/13/2017
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 202585
♀  Adult
Salta (Capital)
Salta
Argentina
05/13/2017
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 166570
♀  Adult
Salta (Capital)
Salta
Argentina
01/09/2013
Ramón Rodolfo Copa
Foto
Photography ID: 146987
♀  Adult
Rosario de la Frontera
Salta
Argentina
01/29/2016
Max Uranga



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
226447812/03/2025ArgentinaSaltaCamino a Yacochuya cortada a Rp S2 Cafayate, CafayateElbio Mamaní
202661124/04/2024ArgentinaSaltaRuta Provincial 5 (-25,187977, -64,881332)Julian Uriel Collado
202646124/04/2024ArgentinaSaltaRuta Provincial 5 (-25,187977, -64,881332)Silvina Collado
209319311/03/2024ArgentinaSaltaFinca La Montaña5Victor Hugo Michelini
196662506/02/2024ArgentinaSaltaFinca La Montaña1Jorge La Grotteria
196662306/02/2024ArgentinaSaltaFinca La Montaña2Jorge La Grotteria
196662106/02/2024ArgentinaSaltaFinca La Montaña1Jorge La Grotteria
196647606/02/2024ArgentinaSaltaFinca La Montaña1María Alejandra Sosa
196647506/02/2024ArgentinaSaltaFinca La Montaña2María Alejandra Sosa
196647406/02/2024ArgentinaSaltaFinca La Montaña1María Alejandra Sosa
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 06/04/2026.