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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 Mendoza

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: 676599
♀  Adult
El Carrizal de Abajo
Mendoza
Argentina
02/08/2026
Pablo Moreno
Foto
Photography ID: 676598
♀  Adult
El Carrizal de Abajo
Mendoza
Argentina
02/08/2026
Pablo Moreno
Foto
Photography ID: 676595
♀  Adult
El Carrizal de Abajo
Mendoza
Argentina
02/08/2026
Pablo Moreno
Foto
Photography ID: 663517
♂  Adult
Villavicencio
Mendoza
Argentina
12/10/2025
Emilio Martin Perez
Foto
Photography ID: 616716
♀  Adult
San Carlos
Mendoza
Argentina
12/21/2024
Santos Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 616669
♀  Adult
San Carlos
Mendoza
Argentina
12/18/2024
Santos Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 606662
♂  Adult
Las Heras
Mendoza
Argentina
10/25/2024
Pablo Moreno
Foto
Photography ID: 559899
♂  Adult
Carrizal de abajo
Mendoza
Argentina
12/08/2023
Pablo Moreno
Foto
Photography ID: 510923
♂ ♀  Adult
La Tosca
Mendoza
Argentina
10/08/2022
Pablo Moreno
Foto
Photography ID: 443704
♀  Adult
Reserva Natural Villavicencio
Mendoza
Argentina
03/20/2021
Emilio Martin Perez
Foto
Photography ID: 426230
♂  Adult
Reserva Natural Villavicencio
Mendoza
Argentina
12/27/2020
Silvio Montani



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244298722/02/2026ArgentinaMendozaRuta Provincial 13, Bosquecito De Aguaribay1Pablo Moreno
244298216/02/2026ArgentinaMendozaHostería de Villavicencio1Pablo Moreno
244271308/02/2026ArgentinaMendozaEl Carrizal de AbajoPablo Moreno
241279103/01/2026ArgentinaMendozaEl carrizal, Carrizal de abajo1Pablo Moreno
240093910/12/2025ArgentinaMendozaVillavicencioEmilio Martin Perez
237485311/10/2025ArgentinaMendozaCampo la florida1Pablo Moreno
222775321/12/2024ArgentinaMendozaFinca el remanso, San CarlosSantos Uranga
222770418/12/2024ArgentinaMendozaFinca el remanso, San CarlosSantos Uranga
218063825/10/2024ArgentinaMendozaRuta 52 entre Las Heras y Villavicencio, Las HerasPablo Moreno
192943208/12/2023ArgentinaMendozaEl carrizal, Carrizal de abajo1Pablo Moreno
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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.