Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata)

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

Primer registro de reproducción del Atajacaminos Tijera (Hydropsalis torquata) en la provincia de Santiago del Estero, Argentina

📖 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

Photography ID: 660692
♀ Adult
Santa Elena
Entre Ríos
Argentina
11/08/2025
Gaston Lisandro Gabinetti

Photography ID: 660569
♀ Adult
Santa Elena
Entre Ríos
Argentina
11/08/2025
Peter Vidana

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2391060

08/11/2025

Argentina

Entre Ríos

Costanera, Santa Elena

Gaston Lisandro Gabinetti

2390700

08/11/2025

Argentina

Entre Ríos

Costanera, Santa Elena

Peter Vidana

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