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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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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 416922
  Adult

General Viamonte
Córdoba
Argentina
03/03/2018
Green Sergio Rodrigo
Foto
Photography ID: 407824
  Adult

Parque Nacional Pre-Delta
Entre Ríos
Argentina
12/21/2018
Glauco Oliveira
Foto
Photography ID: 394611
  Adult

Nono, Traslasierra
Córdoba
Argentina
10/11/2018
Juan Benjamin Celli
Foto
Photography ID: 335216
  Adult

Bahía Blanca
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/24/2018
Fernando Naifleisch
Foto
Photography ID: 330583
  Adult

La Falda
Córdoba
Argentina
01/08/2018
Walter Bustamante
Foto
Photography ID: 317244
  Adult

Cuesta de Miranda
La Rioja
Argentina
10/26/2018
Juan Sebastián Salgado
Foto
Photography ID: 308481
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
10/06/2018
Virginia Bonifacio
Foto
Photography ID: 302138
  Adult

Paso de la cina
Santiago del Estero
Argentina
11/17/2018
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 299683
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
11/19/2018
Lucas De Ciria
Foto
Photography ID: 298031
  Adult

Jaguel del Monte
La Pampa
Argentina
10/28/2018
Alicia Mayor
Foto
Photography ID: 297989
  Adult

Laureles
Tacuarembo
Uruguay
11/10/2018
Luis Mier



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
121878429/12/2018ArgentinaEntre RíosÁrea Natural Protegida Don Sebastián1Luis Prevedel
85766722/12/2018UruguayColoniaLos Macuquitos, Paraje Costas del Colla, cerca de RosarioAstrid Wessels
127991921/12/2018ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional Pre-DeltaGlauco Oliveira
85763021/12/2018UruguayColoniaLos Macuquitos, Paraje Costas del Colla, cerca de RosarioAstrid Wessels
121878308/12/2018ArgentinaEntre RíosÁrea Natural Protegida Don Sebastián2Luis Prevedel
85091228/11/2018ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional Pre-DeltaFernando Alberto Segura
84380422/11/2018ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
84183119/11/2018ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasLucas De Ciria
85012017/11/2018ArgentinaSantiago del EsteroPaso de la cinaJorge Schlemmer
105007810/11/2018PeruMadre de DiosCarretera a Manú--Encima de Pilcopata (760m)2Julian Quillen Vidoz
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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.