Birds of the World - Hydropsalis


White-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis cayennensis) Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica through n SA Karanambu, Guyana
Photograph by Mikael Bauer © All Rights Reserved.

Note white tail, white in other places, and tawny collar around back of neck.


Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca climacocerca) Male Range: SA: Amazonia Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca) Female Range: SA: Amazonia Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca © All Rights Reserved.


Spot-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis maculicaudus) Range: MA, SA: widespread Apiacás, Mato Grosso, Brazil Note light colored scapular band (top of wings) (HBW).
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Has a buff/ochre collar as many similar species have. Male has white tail tips and white spots on tail.
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Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata furcifer) Male Range: SA: Amazonia and s Peru to s Brazil and c Argentina Mendoza, Argentina
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

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© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba