Papuan Nightjar vs Todd's Nightjar

Eurostopodus papuensis مقارنةً بـ Setopagis heterura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Papuan Nightjar Todd's Nightjar
الاسم العلمي Eurostopodus papuensis Setopagis heterura
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 37,9 cm (14.9 in) 27,8 cm (10.9 in)
الوزن 80,5 g (2.84 oz) 36,5 g (1.29 oz)
النظام الغذائي Hawks large flying insects, especially moths, at night over Papuan forest and savanna. Aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in nocturnal flight over South American savanna and scrub.
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

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Papuan Nightjar only

Todd's Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Papuan Nightjar

الغناء

Churring, repetitive nocturnal call; soft bubbling trill; melodic series of hollow notes; calls from low perch or ground in New Guinea lowland forest

Todd's Nightjar

الغناء

Rapid churring trill; nasal 'trrr-trrr' phrases repeated at dusk; calls from savanna and open woodland; poorly documented; higher-pitched than most Setopagis

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Geographic Range & Migration

Papuan Nightjar

Resident of savanna woodland, grass, and scrub in lowland New Guinea (Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).

Todd's Nightjar

Resident of open woodland and savanna in Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, and the Guianas; also found in adjacent northern Brazil.

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Papuan Nightjar

Least Concern

Todd's Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Papuan Nightjar

الريش

Dark grey-brown finely vermiculated with buff and black; pale buff and rufous throat patch; pale supercilium; no white wing patches; tail barred brown and buff; cryptically patterned bark-mimicking plumage.

Todd's Nightjar

الريش

Brown and grey mottled with dark vermiculations; white throat patch in male; white spots on outer tail feathers in male; buff on throat and tail in female; no white wing …

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About These Birds

Papuan Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~81 g) of lowland savanna, grassland, and forest edges across the southern lowlands of New Guinea. Cryptic buff-and-brown plumage; white-spotted wings visible in flight. Nocturnal aerial insectivore. Commonly heard at night but rarely seen by day. Least Concern.

Todd's Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~37 g) of open woodland and savanna in Trinidad and the Llanos of Venezuela and Colombia. Cryptically patterned brown-and-buff; white throat mark visible. Nocturnal; calls persistently at night. Feeds on flying insects. Similar to Spot-tailed but distinguished by call and range. Least Concern.

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