Papuan Nightjar vs Blackish Nightjar

Eurostopodus papuensis 比較対象 Nyctipolus nigrescens

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Papuan Nightjar Blackish Nightjar
学名 Eurostopodus papuensis Nyctipolus nigrescens
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 37.9 cm (14.9 in) 27.6 cm (10.9 in)
体重 80.5 g (2.84 oz) 35.625 g (1.26 oz)
食性 Hawks large flying insects, especially moths, at night over Papuan forest and savanna. Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths and small beetles in flight over South American forest and …
一腹卵数 1 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Papuan Nightjar only

None

Blackish Nightjar only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Papuan Nightjar

さえずり

Churring, repetitive nocturnal call; soft bubbling trill; melodic series of hollow notes; calls from low perch or ground in New Guinea lowland forest

Blackish Nightjar

さえずり

Soft, purring 'churr' at low volume; gentle repetitive trill from rocky substrate; calls modestly at dusk; alarm a sharp 'chek'; blends with dark rocky habitat

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Geographic Range & Migration

Papuan Nightjar

Resident of savanna woodland, grass, and scrub in lowland New Guinea (Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).

Blackish Nightjar

Resident of rocky outcrops, open woodland, and savanna in northern South America from Venezuela and the Guianas to Colombia and northern Brazil.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Papuan Nightjar

Least Concern

Blackish Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Papuan Nightjar

羽毛

Dark grey-brown finely vermiculated with buff and black; pale buff and rufous throat patch; pale supercilium; no white wing patches; tail barred brown and buff; cryptically patterned bark-mimicking plumage.

Blackish Nightjar

羽毛

Uniformly dark sooty-brown with fine buff and rufous vermiculations; pale buff throat patch; no white wing patches or tail spots; one of the darkest nightjars; closely resembles dark rocky substrates …

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About These Birds

Papuan Nightjar

ニューギニア南部の低地に生息するヨタカで、体重81g。

Blackish Nightjar

A small, very dark Caprimulgidae nightjar (~36 g) of rocky outcrops and boulder-strewn habitat in northern South America from Venezuela to northeastern Brazil. Dark sooty-brown plumage blends with dark rocks. Roosts motionless on stones by day. Hunts small insects at night. Least Concern in its rocky habitat.

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