Scissor-tailed Nightjar

Scissor-tailed Nightjar

Taxobox
name = Scissor-tailed Nightjar


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Caprimulgiformes
familia = Caprimulgidae
genus = "Hydropsalis"
species = "H. torquata"
binomial = "Hydropsalis torquata"
binomial_authority = (Gmelin, 1789)
synonyms = Hydropsalis brasiliana (Gmelin, 1789)
The Scissor-tailed Nightjar ("Hydropsalis torquata") is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/48698/all Hydropsalis torquata] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.


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