Scissor-tailed Nightjar - Hydropsalis torquata

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Scissor-tailed Nightjar male adult, identification, pigmentation

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  • identification
  • pigmentation
  • ♂
  • adult
  • Chotacabras tijereta
  • bacurau-tesoura
  • Scherenschwanz-Nachtschwalbe
  • Hydropsalis torquata
  • Caprimulgiformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Caprimulgiformes
Family : Caprimulgidae
Species : Scissor-tailed Nightjar

Geographic range by countries


specie's pictures

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The picture

O.Net ref. : rajo308676
Author :
Gender : ♂
Plumage : adult

Shooting

date : 2018 Jan
Country : Peru (pe)
Region : Puno
Place : Yanahuaya Yanahuaya
Lat. : 14° 19' 5'' South
Lng. : 69° 7' 41'' West

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Exposure : 1/640 s

aperture : 5.6

Focal length : 400 mm

Iso : 3200

Flash : no