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.

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) [XC257053]
by Paul Coopmans from Loreto: island in R\u00edo Mara\u00f1\u00f3n at mouth of R\u00edo Morona, Peru (call, mechanical sound)

Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca) [XC82792]
by Alexandre Renaudier from Rio Heath below Sonone, Madre de Dios, Peru (call, song)

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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