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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 Delta del Paraná

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Caprimulgus torquatus.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 118274
♂  Adult
Delta del Paraná
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/03/2015
Judith Erica Sandberg
Foto
Photography ID: 117414
♂  Adult
Delta del Paraná
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/03/2015
Virginia Bonifacio



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
165689401/10/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamping Cielo, Delta del Paraná1Mauricio Secchi
165352701/10/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamping Cielo, Delta del Paraná1Eduardo Ruiz
156522119/03/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamping Cielo, Delta del ParanáFabián Jaruf
156478819/03/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamping Cielo, Delta del ParanáMauricio Secchi
148410217/10/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamping Cielo, Delta del ParanáDaniel Osvaldo Fernández
148281917/10/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamping Cielo, Delta del ParanáMauricio Secchi
148012818/09/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamping Cielo, Delta del ParanáMauricio Secchi
113241109/11/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresRío Carabelas, sección de Islas del Delta del Paraná, Delta del ParanáDaniel Osvaldo Fernández
112930009/11/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamping Cielo, Delta del Paraná4Sebastián Otero
89824616/03/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamping Cielo, Delta del Paraná2Mauricio Secchi
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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.