Hydropsalis torquata (Gmelin, 1789)
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https://doi.org/ 10.15560/14.5.845 |
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Marcus |
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Hydropsalis torquata (Gmelin, 1789) |
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Hydropsalis torquata (Gmelin, 1789) View in CoL
Record. Table 3.
The Scissor-tailed Nightjar had a short bill with a broad gape, and short tarsi. This species is cryptically colored with grayish brown plumage, and has a tawny collar across the nape. The typical feature that identifies the species is the elongated outer rectrices (the scissor) with white on the inner webs, which confirmed our indi- vidual was a male ( Fig. 14). The wings were uniformly dark with no white band across the outer primaries.
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