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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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Records from Salta (Capital)

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: 223758
♂  Adult
Salta (Capital)
Salta
Argentina
10/20/2017
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 223756
♂  Adult
Salta (Capital)
Salta
Argentina
10/20/2017
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 223755
♂  Adult
Salta (Capital)
Salta
Argentina
10/20/2017
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 202586
♀  Adult
Salta (Capital)
Salta
Argentina
05/13/2017
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 202585
♀  Adult
Salta (Capital)
Salta
Argentina
05/13/2017
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
Foto
Photography ID: 166570
♀  Adult
Salta (Capital)
Salta
Argentina
01/09/2013
Ramón Rodolfo Copa



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
62983520/10/2017ArgentinaSaltaCerro San Bernardo, Salta (Capital)Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
57405013/05/2017ArgentinaSaltaCerro San Bernardo (cumbre), Salta (Capital)Eduardo Vicente Fumarola
47555409/01/2013ArgentinaSaltaBarrio 20 de Febrero, Salta (Capital)Ramón Rodolfo Copa
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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.