Heinrich's Nightjar vs Ladder-tailed Nightjar

Eurostopodus diabolicus comparado con Hydropsalis climacocerca

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Heinrich's Nightjar Ladder-tailed Nightjar
Nombre científico Eurostopodus diabolicus Hydropsalis climacocerca
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 39,9 cm (15.7 in) 29,9 cm (11.8 in)
Peso 104,0 g (3.67 oz) 48,0 g (1.69 oz)
Dieta Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in flight over Sulawesi forest; poorly known. 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

Heinrich's Nightjar only

Ladder-tailed Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Heinrich's Nightjar

Canto

Haunting, hollow 'ku-WOO' repeated rhythmically; deep resonant quality; distinctive mournful whistle carrying through Sulawesi forest at night

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

Heinrich's Nightjar

Endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia; resident of montane forest; extremely rare and poorly known, with very few records.

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

Heinrich's Nightjar

Least Concern

Ladder-tailed Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Heinrich's Nightjar

Plumaje

Rufous-brown and dark brown mottled with buff vermiculations; large pale buff throat patch; pale buff supercilium; no white wing markings; tail darkly barred brown and buff. Poorly known; Sulawesi endemic.

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

Heinrich's Nightjar

A medium Caprimulgidae nightjar (~104 g) endemic to the forest and forest-edge habitats of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Cryptically patterned brown-and-buff. Nocturnal insectivore; catches moths and beetles in aerial sallies. Little studied and rarely encountered in the field. Least Concern within its Sulawesi 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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