Slender-tailed Nightjar vs Spotted Nightjar

Caprimulgus clarus 비교 대상 Eurostopodus argus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Slender-tailed Nightjar Spotted Nightjar
학명 Caprimulgus clarus Eurostopodus argus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 29.6 cm (11.7 in) 42.7 cm (16.8 in)
체중 43.0 g (1.52 oz) 102.5 g (3.62 oz)
식성 Nocturnal aerial insectivore specialising in large moths and flying beetles, caught in slow erratic hunting … Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian …
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Slender-tailed Nightjar only

없음

Spotted Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Slender-tailed Nightjar

노래

Rapid churring trill; 'trrr-trrr' at steady pace; calls from East African dry scrub at night; lighter than Long-tailed Nightjar; alarm a quiet 'chek'

Spotted Nightjar

노래

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

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Geographic Range & Migration

Slender-tailed Nightjar

Found from Angola and the DRC south through Zambia and Zimbabwe to South Africa. Resident in woodland and savanna near rocky outcrops.

Spotted Nightjar

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

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Slender-tailed Nightjar

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Slender-tailed Nightjar

깃털

Pale brown upperparts with black streaks and buff-white spotting; whitish supercilium; white throat patch; underparts buff barred brown; males have elongated but narrower tail feathers than Long-tailed Nightjar.

Spotted Nightjar

깃털

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 …

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About These Birds

Slender-tailed Nightjar

동아프리카와 남아프리카 개활 초지와 삼림 가장자리에 사는 날씬한 쏙독새(24-27 cm, 긴 꼬리 포함). 긴 꼬리를 가진 유사종에 비해 깃털이 밝고 더 섬세한 무늬를 가진다. 야행성 곤충 포식자이며, 거주성 또는 단거리 철새다.

Spotted Nightjar

호주 개방 삼림, 스피니펙스 초원, 반건조 덤불에 서식하는 중형 쏙독새(~103g). 눈점박이야행소쏙독새라고도 불린다. 관심필요종.

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