Antillean Nighthawk vs Sickle-winged Nightjar

Chordeiles gundlachii 比較対象 Eleothreptus anomalus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Antillean Nighthawk Sickle-winged Nightjar
学名 Chordeiles gundlachii Eleothreptus anomalus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Vulnerable
体長
翼開長 34.2 cm (13.5 in) 25.8 cm (10.2 in)
体重 56.05 g (1.98 oz) 43.7 g (1.54 oz)
食性 Catches flying insects in aerial sallies over Caribbean open country and coastal scrub at dusk. Aerial insectivore; hawks moths and beetles at night over South American wet grassland and marshes.
一腹卵数 1-2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Antillean Nighthawk only

Sickle-winged Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Antillean Nighthawk

さえずり

Distinctive 'kill-and-dee-dick' or 'killydee'; buzzy nasal call audible overhead; faster and shorter phrasing than Common Nighthawk; Caribbean accent clear

Sickle-winged Nightjar

さえずり

Soft churring call; low-pitched, repetitive trill from grassland; males produce distinctive wing noise in display flight; vocalizations quiet compared to wing sounds

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Geographic Range & Migration

Antillean Nighthawk

Breeds in the Caribbean (Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica) and Florida Keys; partially migratory within the Caribbean region.

Sickle-winged Nightjar

Resident of open marshland, wet grassland, and savanna from Paraguay and adjacent Bolivia south to Uruguay and northeastern Argentina.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Antillean Nighthawk

Vulnerable

Sickle-winged Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Antillean Nighthawk

羽毛

Brown and buff mottled above with dark brown streaking; white throat patch in male; barred buff-white underparts; white wing bar across primaries; white tail band in male; female has buff …

Sickle-winged Nightjar

羽毛

Male with extraordinarily elongated sickle-shaped outer primaries; dark brown with buff mottling; white throat and wing spots. Female brown with buff spots; normal wing shape; male wing shape unique among …

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About These Birds

Antillean Nighthawk

アンティルナイトホーク(Chordeiles gundlachii)はカリブ海の島々に生息するナイトホークです。フロリダキーズでも繁殖が確認されています。体長約20cmで、夜行性の昆虫食鳥です。海岸部の開けた生息地を好みます。

Sickle-winged Nightjar

湿地のパンパに生息するカマ翼ヨタカで、鎌状の翼が特徴的。危急種に指定されている。

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