Freckled Nightjar vs Spotted Nightjar

Caprimulgus tristigma 比較対象 Eurostopodus argus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Freckled Nightjar Spotted Nightjar
学名 Caprimulgus tristigma Eurostopodus argus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 34.4 cm (13.5 in) 42.7 cm (16.8 in)
体重 79.88333333333334 g (2.82 oz) 102.5 g (3.62 oz)
食性 Nocturnal aerial insectivore, hawking moths, beetles, and other flying insects in sustained sallying flight over … Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian …
一腹卵数 2 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Freckled Nightjar only

None

Spotted Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Freckled Nightjar

さえずり

Loud, dog-like 'bow-wow' or 'woof-woof'; unusual barking call for a nightjar; carries across rocky African outcrops; alarm a sharp 'chek'; distinctive among all nightjars

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

Freckled Nightjar

Found in Borneo and Sumatra in lowland rainforest and peat swamp forest. Rare and seldom recorded; possibly resident year-round.

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

Freckled Nightjar

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Freckled Nightjar

羽毛

Heavily freckled dark grey and black upperparts resembling granite surfaces; whitish throat patch; underparts densely barred dark and pale; uniquely dark stone-coloured cryptic plumage adapted to rocky outcrops in Africa.

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

Freckled Nightjar

体長25〜28cmのサハラ以南アフリカの岩場・岩石の多い丘陵地に生息するヨタカ。地衣類のような斑点のある灰褐色。

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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