Feline Owlet-nightjar vs New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar

Aegotheles insignis مقارنةً بـ Aegotheles savesi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Feline Owlet-nightjar New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar
الاسم العلمي Aegotheles insignis Aegotheles savesi
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Aegothelidae Aegothelidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Critically Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 33,0 cm (13.0 in) 32,6 cm (12.8 in)
الوزن 76,53333333333333 g (2.70 oz) 55,5 g (1.96 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nocturnal insectivore catching beetles and moths in short sallying flights; also gleans invertebrates from tree … Night hunter of beetles, large moths, and termites; combines aerial sallying with gleaning on tree …
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Feline Owlet-nightjar only

بلا

New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar only

بلا

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Song & Call Comparison

Feline Owlet-nightjar

الغناء

Cat-like mewing 'meeow' calls; high, eerie shrieks; cat-like quality unique among nightjars; calls from New Guinea highland forest at night; alarm a hissing screech

New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar

الغناء

Extremely poorly known; presumed churring trill; critically endangered with fewer than 50 individuals; no confirmed recordings from New Caledonian forest

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Geographic Range & Migration

Feline Owlet-nightjar

Found in New Guinea from sea level to 2,400 m. Resident in lowland rainforest, hill forest, and lower montane moss forest.

New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar

Possibly extinct; known from one specimen from New Caledonia collected in 1880. Critically Endangered; may survive in dense humid forest.

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Feline Owlet-nightjar

Critically Endangered

New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Feline Owlet-nightjar

الريش

Large; rufous-brown upperparts with dark brown barring; underparts pale buff with dark brown barring throughout; facial disc bordered dark; two colour morphs—rufous and grey-brown; largest owlet-nightjar with somewhat cat-like facial …

New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar

الريش

Dark brown upperparts with buff barring; underparts pale buff barred dark brown; facial disc with dark surround; large for genus; critically endangered New Caledonian endemic known from very few records …

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About These Birds

Feline Owlet-nightjar

A large owlet-nightjar (28-30 cm), the biggest in its family. Found in montane forests of New Guinea at 1,500-3,800 m elevation. Dark barred plumage with a cat-like facial disc. Nocturnal insectivore. Its vernacular name refers to its feline facial appearance.

New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar

An extremely rare and possibly extinct owlet-nightjar (28 cm) endemic to New Caledonia. Known from a single specimen collected in 1880 and one probable sighting in 1998. Classified as Critically Endangered. Believed to inhabit humid montane forest. Ecology virtually unknown.

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