Sulawesi Nightjar vs Spotted Nightjar

Caprimulgus celebensis 比較対象 Eurostopodus argus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Sulawesi Nightjar Spotted Nightjar
学名 Caprimulgus celebensis Eurostopodus argus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 37.4 cm (14.7 in) 42.7 cm (16.8 in)
体重 63.166666666666664 g (2.23 oz) 102.5 g (3.62 oz)
食性 -- Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian …
一腹卵数 -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Sulawesi Nightjar only

None

Spotted Nightjar only

Song & Call Comparison

Sulawesi Nightjar

さえずり

Loud churring call; hollow 'chuck' notes with extended trill; calls at night from Sulawesi forest and scrub; endemic; alarm a sharp bark note

Spotted Nightjar

さえずり

Loud churring 'good-lord-deliver-us' repeated at dusk; melodic bubbling quality; also emits hollow 'cow-cow-cow' series and soft frog-like croaking

Geographic Range & Migration

Sulawesi Nightjar

Spotted Nightjar

Resident and partial migrant of open woodland, grassland, and scrub across mainland Australia and migrating to New Guinea and Indonesia in winter.

保全状況

Least Concern

Sulawesi Nightjar

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

How to Tell Them Apart

Sulawesi Nightjar

羽毛

Richly marked rufous-brown and dark grey upperparts; pale buff spotting on wing coverts; white throat patch; underparts buff-white barred brown; Sulawesi endemic showing warmer tones than many regional congeners.

Spotted Nightjar

羽毛

Cryptically mottled grey-brown, rufous, and black with intricate vermiculations; distinctive large white spots on wing coverts; white throat patch; no white in wings or tail. Sexes similar with slight pattern …

About These Birds

Sulawesi Nightjar

体長24〜26cmのスラウェシ固有のヨタカ。低地・山地林に生息する暗褐色の鳥。

Spotted Nightjar

オーストラリア本土のスピニフェックス草原に生息するヨタカで、体重103g。

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