Spotted Nightjar vs Scrub Nightjar

Eurostopodus argus 比較対象 Nyctidromus anthonyi

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Spotted Nightjar Scrub Nightjar
学名 Eurostopodus argus Nyctidromus anthonyi
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 42.7 cm (16.8 in) 24.8 cm (9.8 in)
体重 102.5 g (3.62 oz) 36.2 g (1.28 oz)
食性 Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian … Catches flying insects in nocturnal aerial sallies over arid scrub of Ecuador and Peru.
一腹卵数 1 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Spotted Nightjar only

Scrub Nightjar only

None

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

Scrub Nightjar

さえずり

Whistled churring phrases; melodic 'pweer-pweer' series; similar to Pauraque but drier and less rich; calls from scrubby desert at night; contact a soft 'chuck'

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.

Scrub Nightjar

Resident of arid scrub, dry woodland, and coastal zones in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru.

保全状況

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

Least Concern

Scrub Nightjar

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 …

Scrub Nightjar

羽毛

Pale sandy-brown with fine dark brown vermiculations; white throat patch; white outer tail feathers in male; no white wing bar; smaller and paler overall than Pauraque; buff outer tail in …

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。

Scrub Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~36 g) of arid coastal scrub and thorn-scrub in southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Pale sandy-buff and brown plumage suits its xeric habitat. Closely related to the Pauraque but smaller and paler. Nocturnal insectivore; calls at dusk. Least Concern in its limited range.

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