Standard-winged Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Caprimulgus longipennis 比較対象 Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Standard-winged Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
学名 Caprimulgus longipennis Chordeiles acutipennis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 34.6 cm (13.6 in) 33.0 cm (13.0 in)
体重 48.5 g (1.71 oz) 50.0 g (1.76 oz)
食性 Nocturnal moth and beetle specialist; hunts in sustained low flight over dry open country and … Hawks small flying insects at dusk and dawn over North and South American arid scrub …
一腹卵数 1-2 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Standard-winged Nightjar only

Lesser Nighthawk only

Song & Call Comparison

Standard-winged Nightjar

さえずり

Churring 'chrrr' from West African woodland; male performs display flight with elongated wing feathers; calls from open savanna; alarm a quiet 'chek'

Lesser Nighthawk

さえずり

Loud purring trill; buzzy 'brrrrr' given in flight; lower and softer than Common Nighthawk; males display with booming wingbeats; calls at dusk over deserts

Geographic Range & Migration

Standard-winged Nightjar

Breeds in central and southern Africa from Angola south to South Africa. Intra-African migrant; moves north in austral winter through miombo woodland.

Lesser Nighthawk

Breeds in open arid scrub from southwestern USA south through Central America to western South America; winters in Mexico and northern South America.

保全状況

Least Concern

Standard-winged Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Standard-winged Nightjar

羽毛

Brown and black cryptic upperparts; white throat patch; breeding males develop extraordinary elongated inner primaries as feather-flag standards up to 38 cm with small terminal vane; among Africa's most spectacular …

Lesser Nighthawk

羽毛

Brown and buff mottled above; buff-white below with brown barring; white throat in male; white wing bar closer to wingtip than in Common Nighthawk; buff tail band. Female with buff …

About These Birds

Standard-winged Nightjar

体長22〜28cmの西・中央アフリカの湿潤なサバンナに生息するヨタカ。繁殖期の雄は最長38cmに及ぶ初列風切羽を持つ。

Lesser Nighthawk

ヒメナイトホーク(Chordeiles acutipennis)は北アメリカ南西部からブラジルにかけて広く分布するナイトホークです。体長約20cmで、細長い翼と独特の飛行パターンが特徴です。薄明時に昆虫を捕食し、砂地や岩石地の地面に営巣します。

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