Ladder-tailed Nightjar

Hydropsalis climacocerca - Engoulevent trifide

Engoulevent trifide
adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Caprimulgiformes

  • Family
    :

    Caprimulgidés

  • Genus
    :

    Hydropsalis

  • Species
    :

    climacocerca

Descriptor

Tschudi, 1844

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 28 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 42 à 52 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Engoulevent trifide
♂ adult
Engoulevent trifide
♀

Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca) is a species of bird in the Caprimulgidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

  • Hydropsalis climacocerca climacocerca (w Amazonia)
  • Hydropsalis climacocerca schomburgki (e Venezuela and the Guianas)
  • Hydropsalis climacocerca pallidior (Santarém, w Pará. nc Brazil.)
  • Hydropsalis climacocerca intercedens (Obidos, w Pará. c Brazil.)
  • Hydropsalis climacocerca canescens (lower Rio Tapajós, w Pará. nc Brazil.)

Foreign names

  • Engoulevent trifide,
  • Chotacabras de Escalera,
  • noitibó-de-escada,
  • Staffelschwanz-Nachtschwalbe,
  • létrafarkú lappantyú,
  • Trapstaartnachtzwaluw,
  • Succiacapre scalare,
  • gaffelnattskärra,
  • Gaffelnattravn,
  • lelek riečny,
  • lelek rezavolímcový,
  • Stigehale,
  • pihtipyrstökehrääjä,
  • enganyapastors trident,
  • lelkowiec widłoogonowy,
  • Трезубцехвостый козодой,
  • マタオヨタカ,
  • 梯尾夜鹰,
  • 梯尾夜鷹,

Voice song and call

Engoulevent trifide
♂ adult

Habitat

Engoulevent trifide
adult

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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