Plain Nightjar vs Papuan Nightjar

Caprimulgus inornatus 比較対象 Eurostopodus papuensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Plain Nightjar Papuan Nightjar
学名 Caprimulgus inornatus Eurostopodus papuensis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 30.6 cm (12.0 in) 37.9 cm (14.9 in)
体重 45.75 g (1.61 oz) 80.5 g (2.84 oz)
食性 Feeds nocturnally on moths and large beetles in erratic low-level hunting flights over tropical scrub. 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

None

Plain Nightjar only

Papuan Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Plain Nightjar

さえずり

Monotonous churring trill; steady 'churrrrr' from African savanna; calls persistently at night; plain plumage matched by relatively unvaried, repetitive song

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

Plain Nightjar

Found from Ethiopia and Somalia south to Kenya and Tanzania. Resident in arid acacia scrub and dry open country. Closely related to Nubian Nightjar.

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

Plain Nightjar

Least Concern

Papuan Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Plain Nightjar

羽毛

Uniformly plain sandy-grey upperparts with minimal patterning; faint pale supercilium; small whitish throat spot; underparts pale buff with fine barring; among the least boldly marked nightjars, blending into Sahel scrubland.

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

Plain Nightjar

体長21〜23cmのセネガルからソマリアのサヘル帯に生息するヨタカ。淡い砂色の羽色を持ち、遊牧生活をする。

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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