Don't want to see ads? Sign up...





Species icon
Scissor-tailed Nightjar

Hydropsalis torquata
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Atajacaminos Tijera
Bacurau-tesoura
Family: Caprimulgidae
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
 Request change
Filters
Records from Vicente López

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Caprimulgus torquatus.

Subspecies:


This taxon does not have a description yet.

At EcoRegistros, species pages are completed using open bibliographic compilations, and anyone can contribute.

If you'd like to submit a sourced description, email us at ecoregistros@ecoregistros.org and we'll publish it credited to your name.




🌿 EcoRegistros Revista - Related Articles


📖 Issue Nº 10 • Article Nº 3
✍ Oscar Bernardo Quiroga and Jose Luis Navarro
09/09/2020 22:33



Loading map...



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 604910
♂  Adult
Vicente López
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/14/2024
Gabriel Carbajales
Foto
Photography ID: 602846
♀  Adult
Vicente López
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/30/2024
Gabriel Carbajales
Foto
Photography ID: 479794
♂  Adult
Vicente López
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/04/2021
Eduardo Soriano
Foto
Photography ID: 469618
♂  Adult
Vicente López
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/04/2021
Sebastián Otero



 View all photographs of the species




 Add a photography of this species




Last Vocalizations published



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



 See all the audios of the species




 Add an audio of this species




Last Filmings published




 Add a film of this species




 Reports


 Detail of places sorted by number of records







Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
219807918/11/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López1Gabriel Carbajales
217673718/10/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López1Gabriel Carbajales
217113814/10/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López2Gabriel Carbajales
216227330/09/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López2Gabriel Carbajales
215239215/09/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente LópezAlec Earnshaw
203318227/04/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López2Sebastián Otero
190947011/11/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López1Sebastián Otero
190996618/10/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López2Gabriel Carbajales
189801316/10/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López1Sebastián Otero
175278820/03/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López2Gabriel Carbajales
Page 1

 Add a record of this species

Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 15/03/2026.