Spotted Nightjar vs Greater Band-winged Nightjar

Eurostopodus argus 比較対象 Systellura longirostris

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Spotted Nightjar Greater Band-winged Nightjar
学名 Eurostopodus argus Systellura longirostris
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 42.7 cm (16.8 in) 31.0 cm (12.2 in)
体重 102.5 g (3.62 oz) 45.666666666666664 g (1.61 oz)
食性 Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian … Aerial insectivore; catches moths and flying insects at night over South American open and scrubby …
一腹卵数 1 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Spotted Nightjar only

Greater Band-winged 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

Greater Band-winged Nightjar

さえずり

Repeated 'tyuk-tyuk' or 'chuck-will'; whistled, melodic phrase; calls from Andean slopes and scrub; alarm a sharp bark; cleaner tone than lowland nightjars

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.

Greater Band-winged Nightjar

Resident of open rocky slopes and Andean scrub from Ecuador south through Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina to Patagonia and the Falkland Islands.

保全状況

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

Least Concern

Greater Band-winged 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 …

Greater Band-winged Nightjar

羽毛

Brown and grey mottled with dark brown and buff vermiculations; white wing bar across primaries forming band pattern in flight; white throat in male; buff throat in female; white outer …

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。

Greater Band-winged Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~46 g) of open scrub, grassland, and rocky slopes from Argentina northward through the Andes to Colombia. Brown-and-buff cryptic plumage with a pale wing bar. Highly vocal at night in Andean valleys. Feeds on insects aerially. Least Concern across its wide South American range.

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