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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: 626065
♂  Adult
Cercanias a Eduardo Castex
La Pampa
Argentina
02/12/2025
Alicia Mayor
Foto
Photography ID: 415629
♀  Adult
En cercania a Eduardo Castex
La Pampa
Argentina
10/07/2020
Alicia Mayor
Foto
Photography ID: 298031
♀  Adult
Jaguel del Monte
La Pampa
Argentina
10/28/2018
Alicia Mayor
Foto
Photography ID: 237320
♀  Adult
En cercania a Conhelo
La Pampa
Argentina
01/03/2018
Alicia Mayor
Foto
Photography ID: 170712
♂  Adult
En cercania a Eduardo Castex
La Pampa
Argentina
10/04/2016
Alicia Mayor
Foto
Photography ID: 90657
♀  Adult
Cercanias de Luan Toro
La Pampa
Argentina
03/22/2015
Alicia Mayor



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
226204612/02/2025ArgentinaLa PampaCercanía a Conhelo, Cercanias a Eduardo CastexAlicia Mayor
130234207/10/2020ArgentinaLa PampaEn cercania a Eduardo CastexAlicia Mayor
83728528/10/2018ArgentinaLa PampaMayaco, Jaguel del MonteAlicia Mayor
66741203/01/2018ArgentinaLa PampaEn cercania a ConheloAlicia Mayor
48928804/10/2016ArgentinaLa PampaEn cercania a Eduardo CastexAlicia Mayor
26284822/03/2015ArgentinaLa PampaCercanias de Luan ToroAlicia Mayor
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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.