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Short-tailed Nighthawk

Lurocalis semitorquatus
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Añapero Castaño
Tuju
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 semitorquatus.

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Foto
Photography ID: 646899
  Adult
Presidente figueiredo
Amazonas
Brazil
06/24/2025
Pablo Alberto Re
Foto
Photography ID: 512104
  Adult
São Paulo
São Paulo
Brazil
10/27/2022
Horacio Alberto Garcia
Foto
Photography ID: 482471
  Juvenile
São Paulo
São Paulo
Brazil
02/15/2022
Horacio Alberto Garcia
Foto
Photography ID: 194084
  Adult
Parque Estadual Intervales
São Paulo
Brazil
03/05/2017
Esteban Argerich



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
237633513/10/2025BrazilRio Grande do SulGranja do Sossego, Santo ângeloPaulo Buchabqui Rodrigues
233481024/06/2025BrazilAmazonasMarí Marí, Presidente figueiredoPablo Alberto Re
221288521/12/2024BrazilAlagoasEstação Ecológica de Murici, Murici2Eduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira
170706220/01/2023BrazilRio de JaneiroEstrada Sertão de Mambucaba (-22,992618, -44,537998)Santiago Juan Torres
166418627/10/2022BrazilSão PauloJardim Botânico, São PauloHoracio Alberto Garcia
154717115/02/2022BrazilSão PauloJardim Botânico de São Paulo, São PauloHoracio Alberto Garcia
104985009/11/2017BrazilBahiaPorto Seguro--RPPN Estação Veracel1Julian Quillen Vidoz
104985208/11/2017BrazilBahiaReserva Serra Bonita1Julian Quillen Vidoz
104984407/11/2017BrazilBahiaFazenda Santo Antonio1Julian Quillen Vidoz
104984905/11/2017BrazilBahiaParque Nacional de Boa Nova--wet forest3Julian Quillen Vidoz
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Short-tailed Nighthawk (Lurocalis semitorquatus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.