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 arriving to the nest and laying. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp segmentata)
Yanayacu Biological Station 28 August 2005 3 years ago 27 sec 3.7 -
A female incubating. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp segmentata)
Yanayacu Biological Station 28 August 2005 3 years ago 26 sec 3
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female perched
Locality Tapichalaca Reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp segmentata)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 28 September 2009 2 years ago 3.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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