Swamp Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Caprimulgus natalensis 비교 대상 Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Swamp Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
학명 Caprimulgus natalensis Chordeiles acutipennis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 30.6 cm (12.0 in) 33.0 cm (13.0 in)
체중 76.3 g (2.69 oz) 50.0 g (1.76 oz)
식성 Night-active aerial insectivore catching moths, beetles, and grasshoppers in sustained low-altitude hunting flights. Hawks small flying insects at dusk and dawn over North and South American arid scrub …
산란 수 2 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Swamp Nightjar only

Lesser Nighthawk only

Song & Call Comparison

Swamp Nightjar

노래

Mellow churring trill; softer 'frog-like' chrrr from wetland margins; calls from papyrus and reed beds in Africa; lower and rounder than dryland nightjars

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

Swamp Nightjar

Known from a single wing found in Ethiopia's Nechisar National Park. Possibly extinct; range and taxonomy uncertain. Critically Endangered.

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

Swamp Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Swamp Nightjar

깃털

Relatively large; dark brown upperparts with heavy blackish streaking and pale buff spotting; broad white throat patch; underparts barred buff and dark brown; often shows paler underpart ground colour than …

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

Swamp Nightjar

사하라 이남 아프리카 습한 초지, 늪, 볼리스(vleis)에 사는 중형 쏙독새(23-24 cm). 따뜻한 갈색 몸통에 독특한 흰 목 반점이 있다. 야행성으로 키 큰 풀에서 쉬며 곤충을 먹는다. 거주성이며 건기에는 부분적으로 이동한다.

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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