Sulawesi Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Caprimulgus celebensis comparado con Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Sulawesi Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
Nombre científico Caprimulgus celebensis Chordeiles acutipennis
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 37,4 cm (14.7 in) 33,0 cm (13.0 in)
Peso 63,166666666666664 g (2.23 oz) 50,0 g (1.76 oz)
Dieta -- Hawks small flying insects at dusk and dawn over North and South American arid scrub …
Tamaño de la puesta -- 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Sulawesi Nightjar only

Lesser Nighthawk only

Song & Call Comparison

Sulawesi Nightjar

Canto

Loud churring call; hollow 'chuck' notes with extended trill; calls at night from Sulawesi forest and scrub; endemic; alarm a sharp bark note

Lesser Nighthawk

Canto

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

Sulawesi 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.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Sulawesi Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Sulawesi Nightjar

Plumaje

Richly marked rufous-brown and dark grey upperparts; pale buff spotting on wing coverts; white throat patch; underparts buff-white barred brown; Sulawesi endemic showing warmer tones than many regional congeners.

Lesser Nighthawk

Plumaje

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

Sulawesi Nightjar

Chotacabras de Célebes de 22–24 cm, endémico de la isla de Célebes (Sulawesi) y algunas islas menores de Indonesia.

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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