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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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🌿 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

Foto
Photography ID: 463538
  Adult
Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
04/05/2017
Eduardo Beltrocco
Foto
Photography ID: 463482
  Adult
Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
06/22/2017
Eduardo Beltrocco
Foto
Photography ID: 463478
  Adult
Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
06/10/2017
Eduardo Beltrocco
Foto
Photography ID: 448701
  Adult
Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
07/15/2017
Eduardo Beltrocco
Foto
Photography ID: 420469
♂  Adult
Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
03/16/2020
Eduardo Beltrocco
Foto
Photography ID: 367759
♂  Adult
Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
10/06/2017
Eduardo Beltrocco
Foto
Photography ID: 346285
♂  Adult
Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
08/16/2019
Eduardo Beltrocco
Foto
Photography ID: 251358
♂  Adult
Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
11/18/2016
Eduardo Beltrocco
Foto
Photography ID: 196596
♂  Adult
Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
03/25/2017
Eduardo Beltrocco



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
130279223/10/2020ArgentinaSanta FeHumedal lindante al Rio Salado, Santo Tomé1Eduardo Beltrocco
121448116/03/2020ArgentinaSanta FeHumedal lindante al Rio Salado, Santo Tomé1Eduardo Beltrocco
117594223/01/2020ArgentinaSanta FeAcceso zona de islas, Santo Tomé1Eduardo Beltrocco
121522215/01/2020ArgentinaSanta FeHumedal lindante al Rio Salado, Santo ToméEduardo Beltrocco
115170610/11/2019ArgentinaEntre RíosInta Estación Experimental, ConcordiaEduardo Beltrocco
112264131/10/2019ArgentinaSanta FeHumedal lindante al Rio Salado, Santo Tomé1Eduardo Beltrocco
110859509/10/2019ArgentinaSanta FeHumedal lindante al Rio Salado, Santo Tomé1Eduardo Beltrocco
102913022/09/2019ArgentinaSanta FeBajada en Caima y zona de islas rio Coronda, Desvio ArijónEduardo Beltrocco
110008306/09/2019ArgentinaSanta FeLos Algarrobos Campo y Polo (r.p)1Eduardo Beltrocco
96116316/08/2019ArgentinaSanta FeHumedal lindante al Rio Salado, Santo Tomé1Eduardo Beltrocco
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.