- Caprimulgiformes
- Caprimulgidae
Engoulevent à queue en ciseaux Hydropsalis torquata
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Identification
Boldly marked nightjar; streaked brown, gray, and buff above and barred brown below with a prominent rufous neck patch. Males have spectacular scissor-shaped tail extensions, dark on the outside, pale on the inside. Tail of females is short with no white. Fairly common in grasslands with scattered bushes and at forest edges.