Standard-winged Nightjar vs Heinrich's Nightjar

Caprimulgus longipennis مقارنةً بـ Eurostopodus diabolicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Standard-winged Nightjar Heinrich's Nightjar
الاسم العلمي Caprimulgus longipennis Eurostopodus diabolicus
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 34,6 cm (13.6 in) 39,9 cm (15.7 in)
الوزن 48,5 g (1.71 oz) 104,0 g (3.67 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nocturnal moth and beetle specialist; hunts in sustained low flight over dry open country and … Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in flight over Sulawesi forest; poorly known.
عدد البيض في الوضع 1-2 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Standard-winged Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Standard-winged Nightjar

الغناء

Churring 'chrrr' from West African woodland; male performs display flight with elongated wing feathers; calls from open savanna; alarm a quiet 'chek'

Heinrich's Nightjar

الغناء

Haunting, hollow 'ku-WOO' repeated rhythmically; deep resonant quality; distinctive mournful whistle carrying through Sulawesi forest at night

Geographic Range & Migration

Standard-winged Nightjar

Breeds in central and southern Africa from Angola south to South Africa. Intra-African migrant; moves north in austral winter through miombo woodland.

Heinrich's Nightjar

Endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia; resident of montane forest; extremely rare and poorly known, with very few records.

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Standard-winged Nightjar

Least Concern

Heinrich's Nightjar

How to Tell Them Apart

Standard-winged Nightjar

الريش

Brown and black cryptic upperparts; white throat patch; breeding males develop extraordinary elongated inner primaries as feather-flag standards up to 38 cm with small terminal vane; among Africa's most spectacular …

Heinrich's Nightjar

الريش

Rufous-brown and dark brown mottled with buff vermiculations; large pale buff throat patch; pale buff supercilium; no white wing markings; tail darkly barred brown and buff. Poorly known; Sulawesi endemic.

About These Birds

Standard-winged Nightjar

A remarkable nightjar (22-28 cm) in which breeding males develop an extraordinary elongated innermost primary feather (up to 38 cm) with a broad, pennant-like flag. Found in moist savanna across West and Central Africa. Nocturnal insectivore; an intra-African migrant.

Heinrich's Nightjar

A medium Caprimulgidae nightjar (~104 g) endemic to the forest and forest-edge habitats of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Cryptically patterned brown-and-buff. Nocturnal insectivore; catches moths and beetles in aerial sallies. Little studied and rarely encountered in the field. Least Concern within its Sulawesi range.

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