Long-tailed Nightjar vs Archbold's Nightjar

Caprimulgus climacurus 비교 대상 Eurostopodus archboldi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Long-tailed Nightjar Archbold's Nightjar
학명 Caprimulgus climacurus Eurostopodus archboldi
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 28.6 cm (11.3 in) 41.0 cm (16.1 in)
체중 48.333333333333336 g (1.70 oz) 77.0 g (2.72 oz)
식성 Crepuscular to nocturnal; feeds predominantly on moths and flying beetles, hawked in open flight near … Aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in nocturnal flight over New Guinea montane forest.
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Long-tailed Nightjar only

Archbold's Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Long-tailed Nightjar

노래

Churring trill with hollow 'cuck' notes; 'cuck-churr-cuck' pattern; calls from West African woodland at night; alarm a sharp bark; persistent caller in dry season

Archbold's Nightjar

노래

Rarely recorded; presumed churring nocturnal song; low, resonant trilling typical of genus; vocalizations scarcely documented from highland New Guinea

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Geographic Range & Migration

Long-tailed Nightjar

Found in East Africa from Ethiopia south to Kenya and Tanzania. Resident in open bushland. Male has elongated outer tail feathers with bare shafts.

Archbold's Nightjar

Resident of montane forest in central New Guinea (Snow Mountains and Star Mountains) above 1,500 m; very poorly known.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Long-tailed Nightjar

Least Concern

Archbold's Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Long-tailed Nightjar

깃털

Brown and black cryptic upperparts; white throat patch; males sport extremely elongated central tail feathers twice body length with bare white rachis; females much shorter-tailed; West African savanna specialist.

Archbold's Nightjar

깃털

Brown and dark grey with rufous-buff vermiculations; whitish throat patch; pale buff supercilium contrasts with darker crown; no white wing or tail patches; tail barred; New Guinea highlands; few records.

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About These Birds

Long-tailed Nightjar

사하라 이남 아프리카 개활 삼림과 사바나에 사는 쏙독새(21-28 cm, 긴 꼬리 포함). 번식기에 수컷은 매우 긴 중앙 꼬리 깃털이 발달한다. 야행성 곤충 포식자이며, 계절적 강수를 따라 이동하는 철새다.

Archbold's Nightjar

뉴기니아 아고산 초원과 숲에 서식하는 소형 쏙독새(~77g). 아치볼드야행소쏙독새라고도 불린다. 관심필요종.

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