Hydropsalis climacocerca
(L 9.75-10.25")
Widespread in Amazonia..tail
has a peculian double notch
...highly camouflaged colors.
Hydropsalis in Greek means
water scissors; climacocerca is
Greek for ladder tail.
The most astonishing example of
camouflage rests with the nocturnal
nightjars.
(Scott Weidensaul)
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