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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: 45358
♀  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/04/2014
Alec Earnshaw
Foto
Photography ID: 44942
♀  Adult
Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
03/02/2014
Alec Earnshaw
Foto
Photography ID: 44753
♀  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/04/2014
Alec Earnshaw



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Alec Earnshaw09/15/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López♂ ♀AdultNoNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
215239215/09/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente LópezAlec Earnshaw
149006104/11/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresVicente López--Costa del Río de la Plata, Vicente López2Alec Earnshaw
112373019/10/2019ArgentinaFormosaReserva GuaycolecAlec Earnshaw
89717015/03/2019ArgentinaCorrientesReserva Natural Provincial Rincón de Santa María4Alec Earnshaw
81506606/10/2018ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas2Alec Earnshaw
55279227/02/2017ArgentinaEntre RíosPerdices1Alec Earnshaw
37280707/12/2015ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El Palmar2Alec Earnshaw
28388409/05/2015ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasAlec Earnshaw
26106623/03/2015ArgentinaBuenos AiresVicente LópezAlec Earnshaw
12014704/03/2014ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial ChancaníAlec Earnshaw
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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.