Sombre Nightjar vs Archbold's Nightjar

Caprimulgus fraenatus 比較対象 Eurostopodus archboldi

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Sombre Nightjar Archbold's Nightjar
学名 Caprimulgus fraenatus Eurostopodus archboldi
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 32.4 cm (12.8 in) 41.0 cm (16.1 in)
体重 60.0 g (2.12 oz) 77.0 g (2.72 oz)
食性 Feeds at night on flying insects including moths and beetles; hunts with buoyant erratic flight … Aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in nocturnal flight over New Guinea montane forest.
一腹卵数 1-2 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Sombre Nightjar only

Archbold's Nightjar only

Song & Call Comparison

Sombre Nightjar

さえずり

Monotonous churring trill; repetitive 'churr' at moderate tempo from East African scrub; lower-pitched and less musical than some relatives; calls persistently at night

Archbold's Nightjar

さえずり

Rarely recorded; presumed churring nocturnal song; low, resonant trilling typical of genus; vocalizations scarcely documented from highland New Guinea

Geographic Range & Migration

Sombre Nightjar

Found across East Africa from Ethiopia and Somalia south to Tanzania. Resident in dry acacia scrub, thornbush, and arid savanna at low elevations.

Archbold's Nightjar

Resident of montane forest in central New Guinea (Snow Mountains and Star Mountains) above 1,500 m; very poorly known.

保全状況

Least Concern

Sombre Nightjar

Least Concern

Archbold's Nightjar

How to Tell Them Apart

Sombre Nightjar

羽毛

Uniformly dark sooty-brown upperparts with dense blackish vermiculations; pale buff supercilium and narrow white submoustachial stripe; underparts barred buff and dark brown. Sexes similar.

Archbold's Nightjar

羽毛

Brown and dark grey with rufous-buff vermiculations; whitish throat patch; pale buff supercilium contrasts with darker crown; no white wing or tail patches; tail barred; New Guinea highlands; few records.

About These Birds

Sombre Nightjar

体長23〜25cmのエチオピアから南アフリカのサハラ以南に生息するヨタカ。開けた林地・サバンナに生息する。

Archbold's Nightjar

ニューギニアの亜高山帯に生息するヨタカで、探検家リチャード・アーチボルドにちなんで命名された。

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