Long-tailed Nightjar vs Heinrich's Nightjar

Caprimulgus climacurus 比較対象 Eurostopodus diabolicus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Long-tailed Nightjar Heinrich's Nightjar
学名 Caprimulgus climacurus Eurostopodus diabolicus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 28.6 cm (11.3 in) 39.9 cm (15.7 in)
体重 48.333333333333336 g (1.70 oz) 104.0 g (3.67 oz)
食性 Crepuscular to nocturnal; feeds predominantly on moths and flying beetles, hawked in open flight near … Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in flight over Sulawesi forest; poorly known.
一腹卵数 2 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Long-tailed Nightjar only

Heinrich's Nightjar only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Long-tailed Nightjar

さえずり

Churring trill with hollow 'cuck' notes; 'cuck-churr-cuck' pattern; calls from West African woodland at night; alarm a sharp bark; persistent caller in dry season

Heinrich's Nightjar

さえずり

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

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Geographic Range & Migration

Long-tailed Nightjar

Found in East Africa from Ethiopia south to Kenya and Tanzania. Resident in open bushland. Male has elongated outer tail feathers with bare shafts.

Heinrich's Nightjar

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

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保全状況

Least Concern

Long-tailed Nightjar

Least Concern

Heinrich's Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Long-tailed Nightjar

羽毛

Brown and black cryptic upperparts; white throat patch; males sport extremely elongated central tail feathers twice body length with bare white rachis; females much shorter-tailed; West African savanna specialist.

Heinrich's Nightjar

羽毛

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.

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About These Birds

Long-tailed Nightjar

体長21〜28cmのサハラ以南アフリカに生息するヨタカ。繁殖期の雄は著しく長い尾羽を持つ。

Heinrich's Nightjar

スラウェシ島固有のヨタカで、体重104g。「悪魔のヨタカ」という名で知られる。

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