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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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09/09/2020 22:33



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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 554138
♀  Adult
Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
10/13/2023
Silvio Lamothe
Foto
Photography ID: 518687
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
11/08/2022
Silvio Lamothe
Foto
Photography ID: 465764
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
03/30/2021
Silvio Lamothe
Foto
Photography ID: 399143
♂  Adult
General Villegas
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/22/2020
Silvio Lamothe
Foto
Photography ID: 328261
♀  Adult
Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
03/03/2019
Silvio Lamothe
Foto
Photography ID: 291978
♀  Adult
General Villegas
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/04/2018
Silvio Lamothe
Foto
Photography ID: 248282
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
02/12/2018
Silvio Lamothe
Foto
Photography ID: 128093
♀  Adult
Miramar
Córdoba
Argentina
11/28/2015
Silvio Lamothe
Foto
Photography ID: 122868
♀  Adult
General Villegas
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/25/2015
Silvio Lamothe



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
190467513/10/2023ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial ChancaníSilvio Lamothe
169051308/11/2022ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial ChancaníSilvio Lamothe
147677730/03/2021ArgentinaCórdobaPicada diagonal, Parque Provincial ChancaníSilvio Lamothe
124492822/03/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino rural entre ruta 33 y aceitera Moreno, General VillegasSilvio Lamothe
91095003/03/2019ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial ChancaníSilvio Lamothe
81961404/10/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino rural entre General Villegas y Elordi, General VillegasSilvio Lamothe
70003312/02/2018ArgentinaCórdobaCentro de informacion, Parque Provincial ChancaníSilvio Lamothe
37124028/11/2015ArgentinaCórdobaMiramarSilvio Lamothe
35566325/10/2015ArgentinaBuenos AiresGeneral VillegasSilvio Lamothe
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 29/03/2026.