Standard-winged Nightjar vs Heinrich's Nightjar

Caprimulgus longipennis 比較対象 Eurostopodus diabolicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Standard-winged Nightjar Heinrich's Nightjar
学名 Caprimulgus longipennis Eurostopodus diabolicus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 34.6 cm (13.6 in) 39.9 cm (15.7 in)
体重 48.5 g (1.71 oz) 104.0 g (3.67 oz)
食性 Nocturnal moth and beetle specialist; hunts in sustained low flight over dry open country and … Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in flight over Sulawesi forest; poorly known.
一腹卵数 1-2 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Standard-winged Nightjar only

Heinrich's Nightjar only

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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'

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

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.

Heinrich's Nightjar

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

保全状況

Least Concern

Standard-winged Nightjar

Least Concern

Heinrich's Nightjar

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 …

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.

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。

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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