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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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Records from San Salvador de Jujuy

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Caprimulgus torquatus.

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Foto
Photography ID: 242459
  Adult

San Salvador de Jujuy
Jujuy
Argentina
01/17/2018
Santiago M. Carrillo
Foto
Photography ID: 183822
  Adult

San Salvador de Jujuy
Jujuy
Argentina
01/03/2017
Santiago M. Carrillo
Foto
Photography ID: 20747
  Adult

San Salvador de Jujuy
Jujuy
Argentina
11/06/2011
Santiago M. Carrillo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
139340512/04/2021ArgentinaJujuyEscaleras Ciudad de Nieva, San Salvador de Jujuy2Luis Fernandez Campos
68217417/01/2018ArgentinaJujuyFondo de los Perales, San Salvador de JujuySantiago M. Carrillo
52300203/01/2017ArgentinaJujuyFondo de los Perales, San Salvador de JujuySantiago M. Carrillo
5575406/11/2011ArgentinaJujuyFondo de los Perales, San Salvador de JujuySantiago M. Carrillo
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Citation recommended:

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