Long-tailed Nightjar vs Papuan Nightjar

Caprimulgus climacurus comparado con Eurostopodus papuensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Long-tailed Nightjar Papuan Nightjar
Nombre científico Caprimulgus climacurus Eurostopodus papuensis
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 28,6 cm (11.3 in) 37,9 cm (14.9 in)
Peso 48,333333333333336 g (1.70 oz) 80,5 g (2.84 oz)
Dieta Crepuscular to nocturnal; feeds predominantly on moths and flying beetles, hawked in open flight near … Hawks large flying insects, especially moths, at night over Papuan forest and savanna.
Tamaño de la puesta 2 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Long-tailed Nightjar only

Papuan Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Long-tailed Nightjar

Canto

Churring trill with hollow 'cuck' notes; 'cuck-churr-cuck' pattern; calls from West African woodland at night; alarm a sharp bark; persistent caller in dry season

Papuan Nightjar

Canto

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

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Geographic Range & Migration

Long-tailed Nightjar

Found in East Africa from Ethiopia south to Kenya and Tanzania. Resident in open bushland. Male has elongated outer tail feathers with bare shafts.

Papuan Nightjar

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

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Long-tailed Nightjar

Least Concern

Papuan Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Long-tailed Nightjar

Plumaje

Brown and black cryptic upperparts; white throat patch; males sport extremely elongated central tail feathers twice body length with bare white rachis; females much shorter-tailed; West African savanna specialist.

Papuan Nightjar

Plumaje

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.

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About These Birds

Long-tailed Nightjar

Chotacabras de cola larga de 28–37 cm con largas plumas externas de cola, habita en la sabana y los matorrales de África occidental.

Papuan Nightjar

Chotacabras de Nueva Guinea, 25-28 cm. Plumaje moteado críptico. Habita bosques del norte de Australia y Nueva Guinea. Nocturno, insectívoro. Preocupación menor.

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