Archbold's Nightjar vs Ladder-tailed Nightjar

Eurostopodus archboldi comparado con Hydropsalis climacocerca

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Archbold's Nightjar Ladder-tailed Nightjar
Nombre científico Eurostopodus archboldi Hydropsalis climacocerca
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 41,0 cm (16.1 in) 29,9 cm (11.8 in)
Peso 77,0 g (2.72 oz) 48,0 g (1.69 oz)
Dieta Aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in nocturnal flight over New Guinea montane forest. Nocturnal aerial insectivore; hawks insects over Amazonian river margins and forest clearings.
Tamaño de la puesta 1 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Archbold's Nightjar only

Ladder-tailed Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Archbold's Nightjar

Canto

Rarely recorded; presumed churring nocturnal song; low, resonant trilling typical of genus; vocalizations scarcely documented from highland New Guinea

Ladder-tailed Nightjar

Canto

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

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Geographic Range & Migration

Archbold's Nightjar

Resident of montane forest in central New Guinea (Snow Mountains and Star Mountains) above 1,500 m; very poorly known.

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.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Archbold's Nightjar

Least Concern

Ladder-tailed Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Archbold's Nightjar

Plumaje

Brown and dark grey with rufous-buff vermiculations; whitish throat patch; pale buff supercilium contrasts with darker crown; no white wing or tail patches; tail barred; New Guinea highlands; few records.

Ladder-tailed Nightjar

Plumaje

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 …

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About These Birds

Archbold's Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~77 g) known from subalpine grasslands and forest margins in the interior mountains of New Guinea. Named after naturalist Richard Archbold. Cryptic brown-patterned plumage. Nocturnal insectivore. Infrequently observed; biology largely undescribed. Least Concern in its montane range.

Ladder-tailed Nightjar

El añapero de cola escalonada es un chotacabras neotropical con cola larga y escalonada, que habita en riberas de ríos de la cuenca amazónica.

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