Philippine Nightjar vs Spotted Nightjar

Caprimulgus manillensis 比較対象 Eurostopodus argus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Philippine Nightjar Spotted Nightjar
学名 Caprimulgus manillensis Eurostopodus argus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 34.0 cm (13.4 in) 42.7 cm (16.8 in)
体重 66.41666666666667 g (2.34 oz) 102.5 g (3.62 oz)
食性 Nocturnal aerial hunter; takes moths, large beetles, and flying termites during prolonged hunting flights at … Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian …
一腹卵数 1-2 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Philippine Nightjar only

None

Spotted Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Philippine Nightjar

さえずり

Repeated 'chuck-chuck-churr'; hollow resonant trill; calls at night from Philippine lowland forest; persistent caller at dusk; alarm a rapid 'chuck-chuck'

Spotted Nightjar

さえずり

Loud churring 'good-lord-deliver-us' repeated at dusk; melodic bubbling quality; also emits hollow 'cow-cow-cow' series and soft frog-like croaking

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Geographic Range & Migration

Philippine Nightjar

Endemic to Sulawesi and adjacent Indonesian islands in Wallacea. Resident in lowland and hill forest and secondary scrub up to 1,000 m.

Spotted Nightjar

Resident and partial migrant of open woodland, grassland, and scrub across mainland Australia and migrating to New Guinea and Indonesia in winter.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Philippine Nightjar

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Philippine Nightjar

羽毛

Complex brown and black upperparts with buff-tawny edging; white throat patch and pale buff supercilium; males possess large white primary spots; underparts extensively barred; distinctly patterned among Philippine nightjars.

Spotted Nightjar

羽毛

Cryptically mottled grey-brown, rufous, and black with intricate vermiculations; distinctive large white spots on wing coverts; white throat patch; no white in wings or tail. Sexes similar with slight pattern …

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About These Birds

Philippine Nightjar

体長24〜26cmのフィリピン固有のヨタカ。低地・山地林に生息する。

Spotted Nightjar

オーストラリア本土のスピニフェックス草原に生息するヨタカで、体重103g。

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