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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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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Caprimulgus torquatus.

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📖 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

Foto
Photography ID: 617779
  Egg
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
11/22/2024
Gabriel Carbajales
Foto
Photography ID: 604910
♂  Adult
Vicente López
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/14/2024
Gabriel Carbajales
Foto
Photography ID: 602846
♀  Adult
Vicente López
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/30/2024
Gabriel Carbajales



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241442604/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosEa. Campo Bajo, Ceibas1Gabriel Carbajales
238506812/11/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosEa. Campo Bajo, Ceibas1Gabriel Carbajales
238465908/11/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas--Ea. Campo Bajo (AICA ER07), Islas del Ibicuy2Gabriel Carbajales
219879222/11/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosEa. Campo Bajo, Ceibas2Gabriel Carbajales
219807918/11/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López1Gabriel Carbajales
217673718/10/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López1Gabriel Carbajales
217113814/10/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López2Gabriel Carbajales
216515405/10/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino del meridiano quinto, Puán2Gabriel Carbajales
216227330/09/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López2Gabriel Carbajales
215996426/09/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas--Ea. Campo Bajo (AICA ER07), Islas del Ibicuy2Gabriel Carbajales
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 21/04/2026.