Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Nightjars and Allies :: Ladder-tailed Nightjar

Ladder-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis climacocerca

Described by: Tschudi (1844)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Rio Napo, Ecuador - Jan, 2007 © Kent Nickell  Rio Napo, Ecuador - Jan, 2007 © Kent Nickell  Peru - Aug, 2002 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Cristalino River, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Dec, 2006 © Arthur Grosset  Cristalino River, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Dec, 2006 © Arthur Grosset 
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Range

Amazon basin of tropical South America;
(1) E. Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and Guiana.
(2) Upper Amazonia in e. and se. Colombia and s. Venezuela s. in e. Ecuador, e. Peru to n. and e. Bolivia and Amazonian Brazil .
(3) C. Brazil (Obidos, w. Para).
(4) C. Brazil (Santarem, w. Para).
(5) C. Brazil (lower Rio Tapajos, w. Para).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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