Pennant-winged Nightjar vs Archbold's Nightjar

Caprimulgus vexillarius 比較対象 Eurostopodus archboldi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Pennant-winged Nightjar Archbold's Nightjar
学名 Caprimulgus vexillarius Eurostopodus archboldi
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 41.4 cm (16.3 in) 41.0 cm (16.1 in)
体重 189.70000000000002 g (6.69 oz) 77.0 g (2.72 oz)
食性 Crepuscular forager targeting moths, termites, and large beetles; patrols forest edges and clearings at dusk. Aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in nocturnal flight over New Guinea montane forest.
一腹卵数 1-2 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Pennant-winged Nightjar only

Archbold's Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Pennant-winged Nightjar

さえずり

Melodic whistled churring; cleaner, more musical than most African nightjars; male's display call a repeated mellow whistle; calls at dusk across miombo woodland

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

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Found across sub-Saharan Africa from Guinea east to Ethiopia and south to Angola. Resident in dry savanna, open woodland, and Sahel scrubland.

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

Least Concern

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Least Concern

Archbold's Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Pennant-winged Nightjar

羽毛

Large; dark brown and black upperparts with white wing-covert spots; large white primary patches visible in flight; breeding males grow extraordinary white pennant-shaped ninth primary extensions reaching 50 cm; females …

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

Pennant-winged Nightjar

体長24〜28cmの南アフリカの開けた林地に生息するヨタカ。繁殖期の雄は最長60cmに及ぶ白い飾り羽根を持ち、アフリカ内で長距離渡りを行う。

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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