Nightjars

Scissor-tailed Nightjar

Hydropsalis torquata

The Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata) is a 58 g town and farmland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Nightjars

Order

Caprimulgiformes

Weight

58 g

Habitat

Human Modified

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

7

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