Lesser Nighthawk vs Swallow-tailed Nightjar

Chordeiles acutipennis 比較対象 Uropsalis segmentata

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Lesser Nighthawk Swallow-tailed Nightjar
学名 Chordeiles acutipennis Uropsalis segmentata
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 33.0 cm (13.0 in) 32.6 cm (12.8 in)
体重 50.0 g (1.76 oz) 42.25000000000001 g (1.49 oz)
食性 Hawks small flying insects at dusk and dawn over North and South American arid scrub … Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles over Andean montane forest and scrub.
一腹卵数 1-2 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Lesser Nighthawk only

Swallow-tailed Nightjar only

Song & Call Comparison

Lesser Nighthawk

さえずり

Loud purring trill; buzzy 'brrrrr' given in flight; lower and softer than Common Nighthawk; males display with booming wingbeats; calls at dusk over deserts

Swallow-tailed Nightjar

さえずり

High, thin churring whistle; reedy 'tsee-tsee' series; calls from Andean forest understory; males conspicuous in display flight; female call softer and shorter

Geographic Range & Migration

Lesser Nighthawk

Breeds in open arid scrub from southwestern USA south through Central America to western South America; winters in Mexico and northern South America.

Swallow-tailed Nightjar

Resident of Andean forest edge and open slopes from Colombia and Venezuela south through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia, at 1,500–3,500 m.

保全状況

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

Least Concern

Swallow-tailed Nightjar

How to Tell Them Apart

Lesser Nighthawk

羽毛

Brown and buff mottled above; buff-white below with brown barring; white throat in male; white wing bar closer to wingtip than in Common Nighthawk; buff tail band. Female with buff …

Swallow-tailed Nightjar

羽毛

Male dark brown with buff and rufous mottling; extraordinarily forked tail with outer feathers extending to 18 cm beyond inner; white throat patch. Female brown and buff mottled without elongated …

About These Birds

Lesser Nighthawk

ヒメナイトホーク(Chordeiles acutipennis)は北アメリカ南西部からブラジルにかけて広く分布するナイトホークです。体長約20cmで、細長い翼と独特の飛行パターンが特徴です。薄明時に昆虫を捕食し、砂地や岩石地の地面に営巣します。

Swallow-tailed Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~42 g) of Andean montane forest edges and paramo from Colombia to Bolivia. Males possess a deeply forked swallow-like tail exceeding body length. Inhabits forest clearings and shrubby paramo. Feeds on moths and beetles at dusk. Least Concern in its montane Andean habitat.

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