Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)
Swallow-tailed Nightjar (Uropsalis segmentata) - HBW 5, p. 385
French: Engoulevent à queue d’aronde
German: Schwalbenschwanz-Nachtschwalbe
Spanish: Chotacabras Golondrina
Taxonomy: Hydropsalis segmentatus Cassin, 1849, Bogotá.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- segmentata (Cassin, 1849) - Colombia (W slope of Andes and E Andes) and N Ecuador.
- kalinowskii (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894) - C Peru (slopes of E Andes) and W & C Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female roosting on the ground Locality Bellavista Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp segmentata)
Greg Baker 22 September 2004 10 weeks ago 21 sec 4.2 -
A female arriving to the nest and laying. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp segmentata)
Yanayacu Biological Station 28 August 2005 4 years ago 27 sec 3.8 -
Head and upper body view of a female roosting on the ground Locality Bellavista Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp segmentata)
Greg Baker 22 September 2004 10 weeks ago 13 sec 3.6 -
A female incubating. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp segmentata)
Yanayacu Biological Station 28 August 2005 4 years ago 26 sec 3.5
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Female
Locality Wayqecha Cloud Forest Biological Station, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Tomas Grim 21 November 2011 14 weeks ago 4.5 -
female perched
Locality Tapichalaca Reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp segmentata)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 28 September 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
Male at day roost
Locality Bellavista Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp segmentata)
auf 2 July 2002 42 weeks ago 3.3 -
Male at day roost
Locality Bellavista Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp segmentata)
auf 2 July 2002 42 weeks ago 3.3
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