Other Scientific Names
Macropsalis creagra [Collar and Andrew (1988)], Macropsalis creagra [Collar et al. (1994)], Macropsalis creagra [BirdLife International (2004)], Macropsalis creagra [Stotz et al. (1996)], Macropsalis creagra [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]
South-eastern Brazil, in Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais (possibly), Rio de Janeiro, Sío Paulo, Paraná, Santa Caterina (possibly) and Rio Grande do Sul; also north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Long-trained Nightjar (Macropsalis forcipata) [XC61457]
by Douglas Meyer from Campos do Jordao State Park, Sao Paulo state, Brazil (call, song)
Long-trained Nightjar (Macropsalis forcipata) [XC557200]
by id from Parque Provincial Esmeralda, San Pedro, Misi\u00f3nes, Argentina (song)
Subspecies
Species name has commonly been given as creagra, but forcipata has priority by ten years. Contrary to some claims, forcipata has been regularly used in literature during the past 50 years, by Brazilian ornithologists, and so should stand.