Long-tailed Nightjar vs Papuan Nightjar

Caprimulgus climacurus 比較対象 Eurostopodus papuensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Long-tailed Nightjar Papuan Nightjar
学名 Caprimulgus climacurus Eurostopodus papuensis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 28.6 cm (11.3 in) 37.9 cm (14.9 in)
体重 48.333333333333336 g (1.70 oz) 80.5 g (2.84 oz)
食性 Crepuscular to nocturnal; feeds predominantly on moths and flying beetles, hawked in open flight near … Hawks large flying insects, especially moths, at night over Papuan forest and savanna.
一腹卵数 2 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Long-tailed Nightjar only

Papuan 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

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

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.

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

Long-tailed Nightjar

Least Concern

Papuan 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.

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

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。

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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