Standard-winged Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Caprimulgus longipennis 비교 대상 Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Standard-winged Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
학명 Caprimulgus longipennis Chordeiles acutipennis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 34.6 cm (13.6 in) 33.0 cm (13.0 in)
체중 48.5 g (1.71 oz) 50.0 g (1.76 oz)
식성 Nocturnal moth and beetle specialist; hunts in sustained low flight over dry open country and … Hawks small flying insects at dusk and dawn over North and South American arid scrub …
산란 수 1-2 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Standard-winged Nightjar only

Lesser Nighthawk only

Song & Call Comparison

Standard-winged Nightjar

노래

Churring 'chrrr' from West African woodland; male performs display flight with elongated wing feathers; calls from open savanna; alarm a quiet 'chek'

Lesser Nighthawk

노래

Loud purring trill; buzzy 'brrrrr' given in flight; lower and softer than Common Nighthawk; males display with booming wingbeats; calls at dusk over deserts

Geographic Range & Migration

Standard-winged Nightjar

Breeds in central and southern Africa from Angola south to South Africa. Intra-African migrant; moves north in austral winter through miombo woodland.

Lesser Nighthawk

Breeds in open arid scrub from southwestern USA south through Central America to western South America; winters in Mexico and northern South America.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Standard-winged Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Standard-winged Nightjar

깃털

Brown and black cryptic upperparts; white throat patch; breeding males develop extraordinary elongated inner primaries as feather-flag standards up to 38 cm with small terminal vane; among Africa's most spectacular …

Lesser Nighthawk

깃털

Brown and buff mottled above; buff-white below with brown barring; white throat in male; white wing bar closer to wingtip than in Common Nighthawk; buff tail band. Female with buff …

About These Birds

Standard-winged Nightjar

서아프리카와 중앙아프리카 습한 사바나에 사는 특이한 쏙독새(22-28 cm). 번식기 수컷은 깃발처럼 넓적한 깃털이 달린 긴 첫째 날개 깃(최대 38 cm)을 발달시킨다. 야행성 곤충 포식자이며 아프리카 내 이동 철새다.

Lesser Nighthawk

소쏙독새(Chordeiles acutipennis)는 북아메리카 남부부터 남아메리카 북부까지 분포하는 야행성 새입니다. 날개에 흰 무늬가 있으며, 열린 서식지와 건조 지역을 선호합니다. 비행 중에 곤충을 포획합니다.

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