Sickle-winged Nightjar vs Heinrich's Nightjar

Eleothreptus anomalus 比較対象 Eurostopodus diabolicus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Sickle-winged Nightjar Heinrich's Nightjar
学名 Eleothreptus anomalus Eurostopodus diabolicus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Vulnerable Least Concern
体長
翼開長 25.8 cm (10.2 in) 39.9 cm (15.7 in)
体重 43.7 g (1.54 oz) 104.0 g (3.67 oz)
食性 Aerial insectivore; hawks moths and beetles at night over South American wet grassland and marshes. Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in flight over Sulawesi forest; poorly known.
一腹卵数 2 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Sickle-winged Nightjar only

Heinrich'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

Heinrich's Nightjar

さえずり

Haunting, hollow 'ku-WOO' repeated rhythmically; deep resonant quality; distinctive mournful whistle carrying through Sulawesi forest at night

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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.

Heinrich's Nightjar

Endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia; resident of montane forest; extremely rare and poorly known, with very few records.

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保全状況

Vulnerable

Sickle-winged Nightjar

Least Concern

Heinrich'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 …

Heinrich's Nightjar

羽毛

Rufous-brown and dark brown mottled with buff vermiculations; large pale buff throat patch; pale buff supercilium; no white wing markings; tail darkly barred brown and buff. Poorly known; Sulawesi endemic.

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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。

Heinrich's Nightjar

スラウェシ島固有のヨタカで、体重104g。「悪魔のヨタカ」という名で知られる。

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