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Scissor-tailed Nightjar - Hydropsalis torquata
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Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML616437196
eBird checklist S165450822
Report
Fabio Barata
19 Mar 2024
São Paulo, Brazil
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML615202032
eBird checklist S122639593
Report
rating 3
1 rating
Chris Clark
19 Nov 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
Flying snap display. Illuminated with IR, filmed at 500 FPS
Sounds
Non-vocal
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML615202031
eBird checklist S122639593
Report
rating 3
1 rating
Chris Clark
19 Nov 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
jump snap. 500 fps
Sounds
Non-vocal
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML615202029
eBird checklist S122639593
Report
rating 3
1 rating
Chris Clark
19 Nov 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
inermediate between jump snap and flying snap
Sounds
Non-vocal
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML615202026
eBird checklist S122639593
Report
rating 2
1 rating
Chris Clark
19 Nov 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
ordinary takeoff
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML615202025
eBird checklist S122639593
Report
rating 3
1 rating
Chris Clark
19 Nov 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
jump snap
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML615202022
eBird checklist S122639593
Report
rating 3
1 rating
Chris Clark
19 Nov 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
jump snap
Sounds
Non-vocal
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML615202021
eBird checklist S122639593
Report
rating 2
1 rating
Chris Clark
19 Nov 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
takeoff
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML615201982
eBird checklist S122595179
Report
rating 3
1 rating
Chris Clark
18 Nov 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
jump snap
Sounds
Non-vocal
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML615201983
eBird checklist S122595179
Report
rating 4
1 rating
Chris Clark
18 Nov 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
jump snap with another bird flying by
Sounds
Non-vocal
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML615201981
eBird checklist S122595179
Report
rating 5
1 rating
Chris Clark
18 Nov 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
filmed at 500 FPS, Infrared light illumination
Sounds
Non-vocal
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML615200950
eBird checklist S122547621
Report
rating 2
1 rating
Chris Clark
17 Nov 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
3 jump snaps... filmed at 500 fps (like all videos in this series)
Sounds
Non-vocal
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML615200949
eBird checklist S122547621
Report
rating 4
1 rating
Chris Clark
17 Nov 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
2 jump snap
Sounds
Non-vocal
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML615200945
eBird checklist S122547621
Report
rating 4
1 rating
Chris Clark
17 Nov 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
flying snaps, filmed at 500 fps, illuminated with IR (spontaneous displays)
Age and sex
Adult Male - 1
Sounds
Non-vocal
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML615200938
eBird checklist S122547621
Report
rating 3
1 rating
Chris Clark
17 Nov 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
jump snap
Sounds
Non-vocal
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML615200937
eBird checklist S122547621
Report
rating 3
1 rating
Chris Clark
17 Nov 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
jump snap
Sounds
Non-vocal
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML615179931
eBird checklist S122547621
Report
rating 3
1 rating
Chris Clark
17 Nov 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
2 jump snap
Age and sex
Adult Male - 1
Sounds
Non-vocal
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML606020511
eBird checklist S123582751
Report
rating 5
1 rating
Chris Clark
7 Dec 2022
La Caldera, Salta, Argentina
Media notes
Male #6
Age and sex
Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1
Sounds
Non-vocal
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML534914601
eBird checklist S128272003
Report
Pablo Hernan Capovilla
10 Feb 2023
Las Colonias, Santa Fe, Argentina
Age and sex
Juvenile, Unknown sex - 1
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML529971491
eBird checklist S50380990
Report
rating 3
1 rating
Pablo Alejandro Pla
2 Dec 2018
Patagones, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML388662251
eBird checklist S97645818
Report
rating 4
1 rating
Adrian Antunez
11 Nov 2021
Artigas, Uruguay
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML356423711
eBird checklist S91969138
Report
rating 5
1 rating
Pablo Hernan Capovilla
17 Jul 2021
General Obligado, Santa Fe, Argentina
Age and sex
Adult Female - 1
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML223409741
eBird checklist S49326919
Report
rating 5
1 rating
Martin Manassero
10 Nov 2013
Belgrano, Santa Fe, Argentina
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML222030081
eBird checklist S66865314
Report
rating 5
1 rating
Adrian Antunez
17 Jan 2015
Río Negro, Uruguay
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML221973111
eBird checklist S30001627
Report
Martin Manassero
29 May 2016
General Obligado, Santa Fe, Argentina
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML201730301
eBird checklist S64752698
Report
rating 3
4 ratings
Carlos Otávio Gussoni
6 May 2013
São Paulo, Brazil
Media notes
One adult female perched. Elevation: 701 m. Date added to IBC: June 23, 2016.
Age and sex
Adult Female - 1
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML201719011
eBird checklist S64753157
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Carlos Otávio Gussoni
7 Oct 2008
São Paulo, Brazil
Media notes
An adult bird displaying near the nest. Elevation: 5 m. Date added to IBC: June
…
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Tags
Nest
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML201175841
eBird checklist S64818986
Report
rating 3
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
18 Jan 2005
Bahia, Brazil
Media notes
A slow motion view of a female on the ground and flying away. Elevation: 833 m.
…
Behaviors
Flying
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis torquata
ML200832221
eBird checklist S64954285
Report
rating 4
5 ratings
Anna Motis
22 Aug 2004
San Pedro, Misiones, Argentina
Media notes
A male on the ground, at night. Elevation: 653 m. Date added to IBC: June 22, 20
…