Uropsalis segmentata (Swallow-tailed Nightjar)
Uropsalis segmentata (Cassin, 1849)
22-24 cm, tail 45-50 cm Mostly blackish, with dense chestnut scaling-vermiculation-streaking, narrow white crescent on the throat, creamy belly, darker and plainer wings. Male with the outer tail feathers extraordinarily long and curved inward at the tip; also with a white rachis. The female lacks…