Chuck-will's-widow vs Archbold's Nightjar

Antrostomus carolinensis مقارنةً بـ Eurostopodus archboldi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Chuck-will's-widow Archbold's Nightjar
الاسم العلمي Antrostomus carolinensis Eurostopodus archboldi
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
حالة الحفاظ Near Threatened Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 41,5 cm (16.3 in) 41,0 cm (16.1 in)
الوزن 112,94000000000001 g (3.98 oz) 77,0 g (2.72 oz)
النظام الغذائي Hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at night; large gape allows capture of small … Aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in nocturnal flight over New Guinea montane forest.
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Chuck-will's-widow only

Archbold's Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Chuck-will's-widow

الغناء

Loud, whistled 'chuck-WILL's-WI-dow'; rich and rolling; lower and fuller than Whip-poor-will; carries far through southeastern US forest; calls persistently all night

Archbold's Nightjar

الغناء

Rarely recorded; presumed churring nocturnal song; low, resonant trilling typical of genus; vocalizations scarcely documented from highland New Guinea

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Geographic Range & Migration

Chuck-will's-widow

Breeds in dense woodland and forest edge in eastern North America from the Gulf states north to southern Ontario; winters in Cuba and Central America.

Archbold's Nightjar

Resident of montane forest in central New Guinea (Snow Mountains and Star Mountains) above 1,500 m; very poorly known.

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حالة الحفاظ

Near Threatened

Chuck-will's-widow

Least Concern

Archbold's Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Chuck-will's-widow

الريش

Large; warm brown and buff mottled above with rufous tones; buff-brown throat collar; white inner webs of outer tail feathers in male; male with white gorget; female has buff throat …

Archbold's Nightjar

الريش

Brown and dark grey with rufous-buff vermiculations; whitish throat patch; pale buff supercilium contrasts with darker crown; no white wing or tail patches; tail barred; New Guinea highlands; few records.

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About These Birds

Chuck-will's-widow

North America's largest Caprimulgidae nightjar (~113 g), breeding in open pine and oak woodland of the southeastern United States, wintering in the Caribbean and Central America. Named for its loud, distinctive call. Feeds on large moths, beetles, and occasionally small birds. Near Threatened from habitat loss.

Archbold's Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~77 g) known from subalpine grasslands and forest margins in the interior mountains of New Guinea. Named after naturalist Richard Archbold. Cryptic brown-patterned plumage. Nocturnal insectivore. Infrequently observed; biology largely undescribed. Least Concern in its montane range.

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