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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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✍ Oscar Bernardo Quiroga and Jose Luis Navarro
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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 571956
♂ ♀  Adult
Gualeguaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
02/23/2024
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 139701
♂  Adult
Gualeguaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
02/24/2016
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 122674
♂  Adult
Gualeguaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
10/29/2015
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 93465
♂  Adult
Gualeguaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
04/07/2015
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 49817
♀  Adult
Gualeguaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
05/02/2014
Gustavo Puente



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240060413/12/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosReserva Privada Senderos del MonteGustavo Puente
239236426/11/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosReserva Natural Municipal Las PiedrasGustavo Puente
223178705/01/202510:00ArgentinaEntre Ríospre delta3Gustavo Puente
197764923/02/2024ArgentinaEntre RíosPueblo General Belgrano, GualeguaychúGustavo Puente
192940709/12/2023ArgentinaEntre RíosReserva Privada Senderos del Monte1Gustavo Puente
118177130/01/2020ArgentinaEntre RíosÑandubaysal, GualeguaychúGustavo Puente
66290728/12/2017ArgentinaEntre RíosReserva Privada El Potrero de San Lorenzo, GualeguaychúGustavo Puente
40682224/02/2016ArgentinaEntre RíosCosta Uruguay Sur, GualeguaychúGustavo Puente
35511229/10/2015ArgentinaEntre RíosGualeguaychúGustavo Puente
26933407/04/2015ArgentinaEntre RíosCosta Uruguay Sur, GualeguaychúGustavo Puente
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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.