Salvadori's Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Caprimulgus pulchellus comparado con Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Salvadori's Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
Nombre científico Caprimulgus pulchellus Chordeiles acutipennis
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 30,8 cm (12.1 in) 33,0 cm (13.0 in)
Peso 57,5 g (2.03 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 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Salvadori's Nightjar only

Lesser Nighthawk only

Song & Call Comparison

Salvadori's Nightjar

Canto

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

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

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.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Salvadori's Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Salvadori's Nightjar

Plumaje

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

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

Salvadori's Nightjar

Chotacabras de Java de 22–24 cm con plumaje vistoso, endémico de Java y Bali en Indonesia, habita en los bosques montanos.

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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