Salvadori's Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Caprimulgus pulchellus مقارنةً بـ Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Salvadori's Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
الاسم العلمي Caprimulgus pulchellus Chordeiles acutipennis
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 30,8 cm (12.1 in) 33,0 cm (13.0 in)
الوزن 57,5 g (2.03 oz) 50,0 g (1.76 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- Hawks small flying insects at dusk and dawn over North and South American arid scrub …
عدد البيض في الوضع 1-2 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Salvadori's Nightjar only

Lesser Nighthawk only

Song & Call Comparison

Salvadori's Nightjar

الغناء

Churring trill; repetitive 'chrrr' from Sumatran highland forest; calls at night from mossy forest understory; moderate pitch; similar to but separable from Bornean species

Lesser Nighthawk

الغناء

Loud purring trill; buzzy 'brrrrr' given in flight; lower and softer than Common Nighthawk; males display with booming wingbeats; calls at dusk over deserts

Geographic Range & Migration

Salvadori's Nightjar

Lesser Nighthawk

Breeds in open arid scrub from southwestern USA south through Central America to western South America; winters in Mexico and northern South America.

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Salvadori's Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Salvadori's Nightjar

الريش

Attractively patterned dark brown and buff upperparts; warm buff supercilium and throat patch; rufous-buff spotting on wing coverts; underparts barred buff; montane Sundaland endemic with relatively rich coloration.

Lesser Nighthawk

الريش

Brown and buff mottled above; buff-white below with brown barring; white throat in male; white wing bar closer to wingtip than in Common Nighthawk; buff tail band. Female with buff …

About These Birds

Salvadori's Nightjar

A medium-sized nightjar (24-26 cm) endemic to montane forests of Sumatra and Java, Indonesia. Dark brown plumage with rufous collar patches. Nocturnal insectivore of high-altitude forests above 1,000 m. Classified as Vulnerable due to habitat loss in montane regions.

Lesser Nighthawk

A small Caprimulgidae nighthawk (~50 g) of deserts, semi-arid scrub, and open woodland from the southwestern United States to Peru and Brazil. Brown-and-buff patterned; males have a white throat bar. Low, buoyant flight close to the ground at dusk. Hunts insects aerially. Migratory; Least Concern.

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