Tawny-collared Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Antrostomus salvini 比較対象 Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Tawny-collared Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
学名 Antrostomus salvini Chordeiles acutipennis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 33.8 cm (13.3 in) 33.0 cm (13.0 in)
体重 56.0 g (1.98 oz) 50.0 g (1.76 oz)
食性 Aerial insectivore; hawks moths and beetles at night over Central American forest and forest edge. Hawks small flying insects at dusk and dawn over North and South American arid scrub …
一腹卵数 2 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Tawny-collared Nightjar only

Lesser Nighthawk only

Song & Call Comparison

Tawny-collared Nightjar

さえずり

Loud 'WHEEP' or 'weet' repeated at intervals; sharp, whistled call; carries through Mexican highland forest; higher-pitched than Chuck-will's-widow; distinctive sharp quality

Lesser Nighthawk

さえずり

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

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Resident of tropical dry forest and scrub in eastern Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco) and northern Central America.

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.

保全状況

Least Concern

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Tawny-collared Nightjar

羽毛

Brown and buff mottled above; distinctive tawny-buff collar encircling hindneck diagnostic; white gorget in male; pale buff underparts with dark barring; white outer tail spots in male; Mexican dry forests.

Lesser Nighthawk

羽毛

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

Tawny-collared Nightjar

A medium-small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~56 g) of humid foothill and montane forest edges in northeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. Named for its tawny hindneck collar. Brown-mottled plumage; males have white tail corners. Roosts on the ground; feeds nocturnally on insects. Least Concern.

Lesser Nighthawk

ヒメナイトホーク(Chordeiles acutipennis)は北アメリカ南西部からブラジルにかけて広く分布するナイトホークです。体長約20cmで、細長い翼と独特の飛行パターンが特徴です。薄明時に昆虫を捕食し、砂地や岩石地の地面に営巣します。

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