Known from the discs' own bird lists
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
hydropsalis brasiliana
Caprimulgidae,Caprimulginae
- Disc 2 · 2001 listed
- Disc 3 · 2006 listed
- Disc 1 · 2011 listed
The detailed account of this bird below comes from Disc 1 · 2011. The other discs list the bird but carry no account of it, and none is invented here.
From the original Disc 1 · 2011 revision
Detailed account — Disc 1 · 2011
This detailed account first appears in the 2011 Disc 1 revision; the earlier releases have no account for this bird.
Description Disc 1 · 2011
25-30 cm excluding the tail of the male, which can reach 27-36 cm. Upperparts brown streaked blackish; a broad tawny or buff nuchal collar; wing coverts brown, heavily spotted buff and gray white, with a distinct buffish line along the scapulars; whitish submoustachial stripe; throat indistinctly pale; underparts brown, barred and spotted buff becoming paler barred brown on belly and flanks; the male has much elongated whitish outermost two tail feathers edged brown; the female has a shorter tail lacking the white; iris dark brown.
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The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011
The account, continued
Voice Disc 1 · 2011
A series of indistinct repeated "tsip" notes given from a perch. Flight call a high pitched "tsig".
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
Forages by flying sallies from low perches.
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
Uncommon in woodland and cerrado, campo sujo, Eucalyptus groves, parks and suburban parkland. Sea level to 500 meters.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
Throughout. In Estado São Paulo recorded from Santa Lucia, Altinopolis, Matao, São Carlos, Aracacu, Campininha, Broa, Paraisi, Aguas de Santa Barbara, Icapara, Sertao das Cotias, Jeriquara, Itirapua, Rio Pedras, Vista Bonita, Fazenda Colorado, Itapetininga, Paulo de Faria, Ananghai, Cananeia, Itapeva (119).
The Disc 2 · 2001 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
The Disc 3 · 2006 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
Vocalizations
Each disc's own recording entries are shown under that disc's label. A player appears only where the recording's file survives on a preserved disc.
Disc 1 · 2011
Serra Bocaina, Estado São Paulo. September 1998. Disc 1 · 2011
Which discs list this bird
- Disc 2 · 2001 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 3 · 2006 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 1 · 2011 — in this disc's bird list
How that was established
- Disc 2 · 2001
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 3 · 2006
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 1 · 2011
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The disc's own record fields that place the bird on its list: a non-empty entry in the species table, and the byte that marks it as selected on a local checklist.
Names by release
- Scissor-tailed Nightjar hydropsalis brasiliana Disc 2 · 2001
- Scissor-tailed Nightjar hydropsalis torquata Disc 3 · 2006, Disc 1 · 2011
Historical checklist participation
Disc 2 · 2001
Selected on local checklists: ILSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBRAZIL.CKD; SEBZ_D1.CKD
Disc 3 · 2006
Selected on local checklists: ILSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MRRB.CKD; PARB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd
Disc 1 · 2011
Selected on local checklists: ILSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MRRB.CKD; PARB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd