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Photo by Fritz73
Ñandubaisal, Entre Rios, Argentina1999

Hydropsalis torquata

[edit] Identification

• Rufous collar round hindneck
  

Male: very long whitish outer tail feathers (can be longer than its body)
Female: longish tail

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in The Guianas, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.

Immature
Photo by Carlos Henrique
Artur Nogueira, SP, Brazil, March 2010

[edit] Taxonomy

Two subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• H. t. torquata:

• Southern Suriname to Amazonian and eastern Brazil and eastern Peru

• H. t. furcifer:

• Southern Peru to eastern Bolivia, southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, central Argentina

Some authorities have used Hydropsalis brasiliana for this species.

[edit] Habitat

Forest and forest edges, and open parks.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Birdforum thread discussing taxonomy of Nightjars and Frogmouths
3. Birdforum thread discussing which genus this species belongs in
4. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

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