Spotted Nightjar vs Ladder-tailed Nightjar

Eurostopodus argus verglichen mit Hydropsalis climacocerca

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Spotted Nightjar Ladder-tailed Nightjar
Wissenschaftlicher Name Eurostopodus argus Hydropsalis climacocerca
Ordnung Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familie Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 42,7 cm (16.8 in) 29,9 cm (11.8 in)
Gewicht 102,5 g (3.62 oz) 48,0 g (1.69 oz)
Ernährung Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian … Nocturnal aerial insectivore; hawks insects over Amazonian river margins and forest clearings.
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Habitat Comparison

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Song & Call Comparison

Spotted Nightjar

Gesang

Loud churring 'good-lord-deliver-us' repeated at dusk; melodic bubbling quality; also emits hollow 'cow-cow-cow' series and soft frog-like croaking

Ladder-tailed Nightjar

Gesang

Resonant churring trill over Amazonian rivers; 'churr-churr' with hollow quality; calls from riverside sandbars and beaches at dusk; distinctive riverside habitat singer

Geographic Range & Migration

Spotted Nightjar

Resident and partial migrant of open woodland, grassland, and scrub across mainland Australia and migrating to New Guinea and Indonesia in winter.

Ladder-tailed Nightjar

Resident of sandy riverbanks, open woodland, and savanna in the Amazon basin from Colombia and Peru south to Bolivia and central Brazil.

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

Least Concern

Ladder-tailed Nightjar

How to Tell Them Apart

Spotted Nightjar

Gefieder

Cryptically mottled grey-brown, rufous, and black with intricate vermiculations; distinctive large white spots on wing coverts; white throat patch; no white in wings or tail. Sexes similar with slight pattern …

Ladder-tailed Nightjar

Gefieder

Male brown and buff mottled above; white throat; graduated tail with white ladder pattern on inner webs of outer rectrices diagnostic; white wing patches. Female has buff throat; tail barred …

About These Birds

Spotted Nightjar

A medium Caprimulgidae nightjar (~103 g) of open woodland, spinifex grassland, and rocky ridges across mainland Australia. Intricately spotted and barred brown, grey, and buff. Cryptic by day on the ground among leaf litter. Crepuscular and nocturnal; feeds on flying insects caught in aerial pursuit. Least Concern.

Ladder-tailed Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~48 g) of rivers, oxbow lakes, and riverine forest edges throughout the Amazon Basin. Males possess white-banded, step-like outer tail feathers giving a ladder appearance. Roosts on branches and sandy banks near water. Feeds on insects at night. Least Concern.

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