Salvadori's Nightjar vs Papuan Nightjar

Caprimulgus pulchellus 比較対象 Eurostopodus papuensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Salvadori's Nightjar Papuan Nightjar
学名 Caprimulgus pulchellus Eurostopodus papuensis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 30.8 cm (12.1 in) 37.9 cm (14.9 in)
体重 57.5 g (2.03 oz) 80.5 g (2.84 oz)
食性 Strictly nocturnal aerial forager targeting moths and large beetles; hunts by sight in low, erratic … Hawks large flying insects, especially moths, at night over Papuan forest and savanna.
一腹卵数 1-2 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Salvadori's Nightjar only

Papuan Nightjar only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Salvadori's Nightjar

さえずり

Churring trill; repetitive 'chrrr' from Sumatran highland forest; calls at night from mossy forest understory; moderate pitch; similar to but separable from Bornean species

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

Salvadori's Nightjar

Known from a single specimen from the eastern DRC. One of Africa's rarest birds; range and habitat entirely unknown. Possibly highland forest.

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

Salvadori's Nightjar

Least Concern

Papuan Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Salvadori's Nightjar

羽毛

Attractively patterned dark brown and buff upperparts; warm buff supercilium and throat patch; rufous-buff spotting on wing coverts; underparts barred buff; montane Sundaland endemic with relatively rich coloration.

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

Salvadori's Nightjar

体長24〜26cmのスマトラ・ジャワの山地林(標高1,000m以上)に生息する脆弱種のヨタカ。生息地の喪失が脅威。

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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