Ladder-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis climacocerca
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Family
- Caprimulgidae
- Genus
- Hydropsalis
- eBird Code
- latnig1
Subspecies (5)
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Hydropsalis climacocerca canescens
north-central Brazil (lower Rio Tapajós region of western Pará)
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Hydropsalis climacocerca climacocerca
mainly along rivers from southeastern Colombia eastward to southwestern Venezuela and southward to central Bolivia
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Hydropsalis climacocerca intercedens
central Brazil (Obidos region in western Pará)
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Hydropsalis climacocerca pallidior
north-central Brazil (Santarém region of western Pará)
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Hydropsalis climacocerca schomburgki
riverine habitats of eastern Venezuela to the Guianas
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.