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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: 666346
♂  Adult
Valle del Lunarejo
Rivera
Uruguay
01/04/2026
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 647014
♀  Adult
Piriápolis
Maldonado
Uruguay
04/26/2025
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 531019
♀  Adult
San Carlos
Maldonado
Uruguay
04/07/2023
Alejandra Pons
Foto
Photography ID: 523248
♀  Adult
Bella Unión
Artigas
Uruguay
01/11/2023
Luis Mier
Foto
Photography ID: 474269
  Adult
Ciudad de la Costa
Canelones
Uruguay
12/08/2021
Julián Tocce
Foto
Photography ID: 466213
♀  Adult
Cerro de la Ventana
Tacuarembo
Uruguay
10/09/2021
Guillermo Menéndez
Foto
Photography ID: 466210
  Adult
Cerro de la Ventana
Tacuarembo
Uruguay
10/09/2021
Guillermo Menéndez
Foto
Photography ID: 398173
♀  Adult
Camino a Capilla la milagrosa
Colonia
Uruguay
02/29/2020
Luis Mier
Foto
Photography ID: 335173
♂  Adult
Sarandi
Rocha
Uruguay
03/22/2016
Walter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
Foto
Photography ID: 335171
♂  Adult
Sarandi
Rocha
Uruguay
03/23/2016
Walter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
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
241213704/01/2026UruguayRiveraValle del LunarejoAdrian Antunez
237165704/10/2025UruguayTacuaremboEstablecimiento Bichadero, Cuchilla de Laureles, Tacuarembó1Gabriel Carbajales
233859226/04/2025UruguayMaldonadoPunta Fria, PiriápolisAdrian Antunez
230718301/02/2025UruguayTacuaremboEstablecimiento Bichadero, Cuchilla de Laureles1Eugenia Boggiano
174363707/04/2023UruguayMaldonadoPaso de la Cantera, San CarlosAlejandra Pons
171658311/01/2023UruguayArtigasÁrea de Protección Ambiental Rincón de Franquía, Bella UniónLuis Mier
168446008/12/2022UruguayPaysandúHumedal de la curtiembre, PaysandúJulio Sebastián Gómez Barboza Silveira
151196808/12/2021UruguayCanelonesEl Pinar, Ciudad de la CostaJulián Tocce
149309912/11/2021UruguayColoniaLos Macuquitos, Paraje Costas del Colla, cerca de RosarioAstrid Wessels
147929209/10/2021UruguayTacuaremboCerro de la VentanaGuillermo Menéndez
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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.