Spotted Nightjar vs Band-tailed Nighthawk

Eurostopodus argus 比較対象 Nyctiprogne leucopyga

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Spotted Nightjar Band-tailed Nighthawk
学名 Eurostopodus argus Nyctiprogne leucopyga
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 42.7 cm (16.8 in) 27.2 cm (10.7 in)
体重 102.5 g (3.62 oz) 24.7 g (0.87 oz)
食性 Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian … Hawks small to medium flying insects over South American rivers, lakes, and surrounding savanna at …
一腹卵数 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Spotted Nightjar only

Band-tailed Nighthawk only

Song & Call Comparison

Spotted Nightjar

さえずり

Loud churring 'good-lord-deliver-us' repeated at dusk; melodic bubbling quality; also emits hollow 'cow-cow-cow' series and soft frog-like croaking

Band-tailed Nighthawk

さえずり

Sharp, high 'chip-chip' notes; thin buzzy trills; calls over rivers at dusk; small size produces high-pitched thin vocalizations; often calls in flight

Geographic Range & Migration

Spotted Nightjar

Resident and partial migrant of open woodland, grassland, and scrub across mainland Australia and migrating to New Guinea and Indonesia in winter.

Band-tailed Nighthawk

Resident and nomadic along large rivers and in open savanna in tropical South America from Venezuela south to Bolivia, Brazil, and northern Argentina.

保全状況

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

Least Concern

Band-tailed Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Spotted Nightjar

羽毛

Cryptically mottled grey-brown, rufous, and black with intricate vermiculations; distinctive large white spots on wing coverts; white throat patch; no white in wings or tail. Sexes similar with slight pattern …

Band-tailed Nighthawk

羽毛

Small; dark brown above with buff speckles; pale buff below with dark brown barring; white tail band diagnostic at species level; white throat patch in male; no white wing bar; …

About These Birds

Spotted Nightjar

オーストラリア本土のスピニフェックス草原に生息するヨタカで、体重103g。

Band-tailed Nighthawk

A tiny Caprimulgidae nighthawk (~25 g) of tropical river margins and sandbar beaches in the Amazon and Orinoco basins. Blackish brown with a white rump band; very small. Roosts on bare sand and low branches near water. Feeds on insects aerially at low elevations above rivers at dusk. Least Concern.

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