Pennant-winged Nightjar vs Papuan Nightjar

Caprimulgus vexillarius 比較対象 Eurostopodus papuensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Pennant-winged Nightjar Papuan Nightjar
学名 Caprimulgus vexillarius Eurostopodus papuensis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 41.4 cm (16.3 in) 37.9 cm (14.9 in)
体重 189.70000000000002 g (6.69 oz) 80.5 g (2.84 oz)
食性 Crepuscular forager targeting moths, termites, and large beetles; patrols forest edges and clearings at dusk. 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

None

Pennant-winged Nightjar only

Papuan 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

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

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.

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

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Least Concern

Papuan 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 …

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

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。

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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