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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: 436161
♀  Adult
Icaño
Catamarca
Argentina
02/25/2021
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 436160
♀  Adult
Icaño
Catamarca
Argentina
02/25/2021
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 436159
♀  Adult
Icaño
Catamarca
Argentina
02/25/2021
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 428023
  Juvenile
Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
12/27/2020
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 428022
  Juvenile
Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
12/27/2020
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 428021
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
12/27/2020
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 425093
♂  Adult
Loma Blanca
Córdoba
Argentina
12/02/2020
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 425092
♀  Adult
Loma Blanca
Córdoba
Argentina
12/02/2020
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 414516
♀  Adult
Córdoba
Córdoba
Argentina
10/12/2020
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 414515
♀  Adult
Córdoba
Córdoba
Argentina
10/12/2020
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 414514
♂  Adult
Córdoba
Córdoba
Argentina
10/12/2020
Pablo Eguia



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
224679021/01/2025ArgentinaCórdobaCamino a Campo Mare, La Para2Pablo Eguia
191647603/11/2023ArgentinaJujuyRuta Provincial 6, Jujuy, Ar (-24,297, -64,476)2Pablo Eguia
191647203/11/2023ArgentinaJujuyLocalidad Ruta Provincial 6, Jujuy, Ar (-24,302, -64,497)1Pablo Eguia
137704225/02/2021ArgentinaCatamarcaIcañoPablo Eguia
134525127/12/2020ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial ChancaníPablo Eguia
133444602/12/2020ArgentinaCórdobaLoma BlancaPablo Eguia
129855712/10/2020ArgentinaCórdobaParque Sarmiento, CórdobaPablo Eguia
129855402/10/2020ArgentinaCórdobaCiudad Universitaria, CórdobaPablo Eguia
129476429/09/2020ArgentinaCórdobaCiudad universitaria, Cordoba capitalPablo Eguia
116102804/01/2020ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroPaso de OscaresPablo Eguia
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 19/04/2026.