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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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📖 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: 611489
♂  Adult
Tanti
Córdoba
Argentina
09/23/2017
Glauco Oliveira
Foto
Photography ID: 585784
♀  Adult
Falda del Carmen
Córdoba
Argentina
12/06/2017
Glauco Oliveira
Foto
Photography ID: 546921
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional Das Emas
Goiás
Brazil
08/30/2023
Glauco Oliveira
Foto
Photography ID: 407824
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional Pre-Delta
Entre Ríos
Argentina
12/21/2018
Glauco Oliveira
Foto
Photography ID: 237779
♀  Adult
Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
12/09/2017
Glauco Oliveira



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
182079630/08/2023BrazilGoiásParque Nacional Das EmasGlauco Oliveira
127991921/12/2018ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional Pre-DeltaGlauco Oliveira
66930409/12/2017ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial ChancaníGlauco Oliveira
203907706/12/2017ArgentinaCórdobaLa Virgencita, Falda del CarmenGlauco Oliveira
203908418/11/2017ArgentinaSan LuisReserva Natural Estricta Quebrada de las HigueritasGlauco Oliveira
220210323/09/2017ArgentinaCórdobaReserva Natural Privada Cascada Los Chorrillos, TantiGlauco Oliveira
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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.