Long-tailed Nightjar vs Papuan Nightjar

Caprimulgus climacurus 비교 대상 Eurostopodus papuensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Long-tailed Nightjar Papuan Nightjar
학명 Caprimulgus climacurus Eurostopodus papuensis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 28.6 cm (11.3 in) 37.9 cm (14.9 in)
체중 48.333333333333336 g (1.70 oz) 80.5 g (2.84 oz)
식성 Crepuscular to nocturnal; feeds predominantly on moths and flying beetles, hawked in open flight near … Hawks large flying insects, especially moths, at night over Papuan forest and savanna.
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Habitat Comparison

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Long-tailed Nightjar only

Papuan 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

Papuan Nightjar

노래

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

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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.

Papuan Nightjar

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

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Long-tailed Nightjar

Least Concern

Papuan 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.

Papuan Nightjar

깃털

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.

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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.

Papuan Nightjar

뉴기니아 저지 사바나, 초원, 숲 가장자리의 소형 쏙독새(~81g). 파푸아야행소쏙독새. 관심필요종.

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