Philippine Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Caprimulgus manillensis 비교 대상 Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Philippine Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
학명 Caprimulgus manillensis Chordeiles acutipennis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 34.0 cm (13.4 in) 33.0 cm (13.0 in)
체중 66.41666666666667 g (2.34 oz) 50.0 g (1.76 oz)
식성 Nocturnal aerial hunter; takes moths, large beetles, and flying termites during prolonged hunting flights at … 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

Philippine Nightjar only

Lesser Nighthawk only

Song & Call Comparison

Philippine Nightjar

노래

Repeated 'chuck-chuck-churr'; hollow resonant trill; calls at night from Philippine lowland forest; persistent caller at dusk; alarm a rapid 'chuck-chuck'

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

Philippine Nightjar

Endemic to Sulawesi and adjacent Indonesian islands in Wallacea. Resident in lowland and hill forest and secondary scrub up to 1,000 m.

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

Philippine Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Philippine Nightjar

깃털

Complex brown and black upperparts with buff-tawny edging; white throat patch and pale buff supercilium; males possess large white primary spots; underparts extensively barred; distinctly patterned among Philippine nightjars.

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

Philippine Nightjar

필리핀 고유종인 중형 쏙독새(24-26 cm). 저지대 및 산악 삼림과 삼림 가장자리에 산다. 회갈색의 암호화 깃털을 가진다. 야행성으로 삼림 개활지에서 나방과 딱정벌레를 먹는다.

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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