Timor Nightjar vs Archbold's Nightjar

Caprimulgus ritae 比較対象 Eurostopodus archboldi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Timor Nightjar Archbold's Nightjar
学名 Caprimulgus ritae Eurostopodus archboldi
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Not Evaluated Least Concern
体長
翼開長 41.0 cm (16.1 in)
体重 77.0 g (2.72 oz)
食性 Feeds nocturnally on moths and beetles caught in sustained low hawking flights over open and … Aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in nocturnal flight over New Guinea montane forest.
一腹卵数 -- 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Timor Nightjar only

None

Archbold's Nightjar only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Timor Nightjar

さえずり

Poorly documented; presumed churring calls similar to Large-tailed Nightjar complex; vocalizations from Timor essentially unrecorded; calls at dusk from scrub

Archbold's Nightjar

さえずり

Rarely recorded; presumed churring nocturnal song; low, resonant trilling typical of genus; vocalizations scarcely documented from highland New Guinea

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Geographic Range & Migration

Timor Nightjar

Endemic to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean. Resident in forest edge, secondary growth, and coastal scrub.

Archbold's Nightjar

Resident of montane forest in central New Guinea (Snow Mountains and Star Mountains) above 1,500 m; very poorly known.

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保全状況

Not Evaluated

Timor Nightjar

Least Concern

Archbold's Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Timor Nightjar

羽毛

Dark sooty-brown upperparts densely patterned with blackish streaks and pale buff spots; whitish throat band; underparts buff with dark brown barring; restricted to Timor with limited information on plumage variation.

Archbold's Nightjar

羽毛

Brown and dark grey with rufous-buff vermiculations; whitish throat patch; pale buff supercilium contrasts with darker crown; no white wing or tail patches; tail barred; New Guinea highlands; few records.

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About These Birds

Timor Nightjar

レッサーサンダ諸島のティモール島固有のヨタカ。乾燥したモンスーン林に生息し、データが少ない。

Archbold's Nightjar

ニューギニアの亜高山帯に生息するヨタカで、探検家リチャード・アーチボルドにちなんで命名された。

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