Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)

Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Size
22 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Tschudi, 1844)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist shrubland. From sea-level - 700 m, occasionally up to 2,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (33)...)

Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca) [XC257051]
by Daniel F. Lane from Loreto: R\u00edo Cushabatay, 50 km WNW of Contanama, Peru (call, two call types)

Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca) [XC490109]
by Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) from Rio Cuchich\u00e1,Parque Estadual Chandless,Manoel Urbano,Acre, Brazil (call, mechanical sound)

Subspecies
Validity of subspecies intercedens, pallidior and canescens questionable, as all three occur along a 120-km stretch of the lower Amazon between Obidos and Santar�m, and all remain virtually unknown.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

schomburgki Sclater, PL, 1866 - Eastern Venezuela and the Guianas.
climacocerca (Tschudi, 1844) - South-eastern and eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, and south to northern and eastern Bolivia.
intercedens Todd, 1937 - North-central Brazil: known only from type locality at Obidos in western Pará.
pallidior Todd, 1937 - North-central Brazil: known only from type locality at Santar�m in western Pará.
canescens Griscom & Greenway, 1937 - North-central Brazil: known only from lower Tapajós in western Pará.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca) - 10 files

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