Sickle-winged Nightjar vs Archbold's Nightjar

Eleothreptus anomalus 比較対象 Eurostopodus archboldi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Sickle-winged Nightjar Archbold's Nightjar
学名 Eleothreptus anomalus Eurostopodus archboldi
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Vulnerable Least Concern
体長
翼開長 25.8 cm (10.2 in) 41.0 cm (16.1 in)
体重 43.7 g (1.54 oz) 77.0 g (2.72 oz)
食性 Aerial insectivore; hawks moths and beetles at night over South American wet grassland and marshes. Aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in nocturnal flight over New Guinea montane forest.
一腹卵数 2 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Sickle-winged Nightjar only

Archbold's Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

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

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

Sickle-winged Nightjar

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

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

Vulnerable

Sickle-winged Nightjar

Least Concern

Archbold's Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

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 …

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

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。

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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