| Scissor-tailed nightjar | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Hydropsalis |
| Species: | H. torquata
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydropsalis torquata (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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The scissor-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is distributed over much of eastern South America.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2021.