Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata)

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

Primer registro de reproducción del Atajacaminos Tijera (Hydropsalis torquata) en la provincia de Santiago del Estero, Argentina

📖 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

Photography ID: 666346
♂ Adult
Valle del Lunarejo
Rivera
Uruguay
01/04/2026
Adrian Antunez

Photography ID: 647014
♀ Adult
Piriápolis
Maldonado
Uruguay
04/26/2025
Adrian Antunez

Photography ID: 250907
♀ Adult
Laureles
Tacuarembo
Uruguay
02/24/2018
Adrian Antunez

Photography ID: 130174
Fledgling
Villa Serrana
Lavalleja
Uruguay
12/20/2015
Adrian Antunez

Photography ID: 113987
♀ Adult
Esteros del Iberá
Corrientes
Argentina
09/01/2015
Adrian Antunez

Photography ID: 77680
Adult
Esteros del Farrapos
Río Negro
Uruguay
01/17/2015
Adrian Antunez

Photography ID: 74090
♀ Adult
Sierra de los Ríos
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
12/27/2014
Adrian Antunez

Photography ID: 70081
Egg
Aiguá
Maldonado
Uruguay
11/23/2014
Adrian Antunez

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2412137

04/01/2026

Uruguay

Rivera

Valle del Lunarejo

Adrian Antunez

2338592

26/04/2025

Uruguay

Maldonado

Punta Fria, Piriápolis

Adrian Antunez

706859

24/02/2018

Uruguay

Tacuarembo

Laureles

Adrian Antunez

520588

14/12/2016

Argentina

Corrientes

Esteros del Iberá

Adrian Antunez

458429

19/07/2016

Peru

Cuzco

Manu Road

Adrian Antunez

377328

20/12/2015

Uruguay

Lavalleja

Villa Serrana

Adrian Antunez

328478

07/09/2015

Argentina

Misiones

Bio Reserva Karadya

Adrian Antunez

327512

01/09/2015

Argentina

Corrientes

Esteros del Iberá

Adrian Antunez

227980

17/01/2015

Uruguay

Río Negro

Esteros del Farrapos

Adrian Antunez

215404

27/12/2014

Uruguay

Cerro Largo

Sierra de los Ríos

Adrian Antunez

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