Bates's Nightjar vs Papuan Nightjar

Caprimulgus batesi 比較対象 Eurostopodus papuensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Bates's Nightjar Papuan Nightjar
学名 Caprimulgus batesi Eurostopodus papuensis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 37.1 cm (14.6 in) 37.9 cm (14.9 in)
体重 100.5 g (3.55 oz) 80.5 g (2.84 oz)
食性 Nighttime aerial hunter of moths and large beetles; forages in low-level coursing flight above grassland … Hawks large flying insects, especially moths, at night over Papuan forest and savanna.
一腹卵数 1 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Bates's Nightjar only

None

Papuan Nightjar only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Bates's Nightjar

さえずり

Deep, resonant churring trill; one of larger African Caprimulgus; low hollow 'churrrr' from Central African rainforest; calls at night from dense lowland forest

Papuan Nightjar

さえずり

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

Bates's Nightjar

Found across West Africa from Gambia east to Sudan and south to the DRC. Resident in open savanna. Male has spectacular elongated tail feathers.

Papuan Nightjar

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

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保全状況

Least Concern

Bates's Nightjar

Least Concern

Papuan Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Bates's Nightjar

羽毛

Large and very dark; blackish-brown upperparts with minimal pale patterning; small white throat spot; underparts dark brown with buff barring; one of the darkest nightjars, inhabiting dense Central African rainforests.

Papuan Nightjar

羽毛

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

Bates's Nightjar

体長24〜26cmのギニア湾岸西・中央アフリカの低地一次雨林に生息するヨタカ。生態の詳細は不明。

Papuan Nightjar

ニューギニア南部の低地に生息するヨタカで、体重81g。

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