Swamp Nightjar vs Spotted Nightjar

Caprimulgus natalensis 비교 대상 Eurostopodus argus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Swamp Nightjar Spotted Nightjar
학명 Caprimulgus natalensis Eurostopodus argus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 30.6 cm (12.0 in) 42.7 cm (16.8 in)
체중 76.3 g (2.69 oz) 102.5 g (3.62 oz)
식성 Night-active aerial insectivore catching moths, beetles, and grasshoppers in sustained low-altitude hunting flights. Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian …
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Swamp Nightjar only

Spotted Nightjar 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

Spotted Nightjar

노래

Loud churring 'good-lord-deliver-us' repeated at dusk; melodic bubbling quality; also emits hollow 'cow-cow-cow' series and soft frog-like croaking

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.

Spotted Nightjar

Resident and partial migrant of open woodland, grassland, and scrub across mainland Australia and migrating to New Guinea and Indonesia in winter.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Swamp Nightjar

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

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 …

Spotted Nightjar

깃털

Cryptically mottled grey-brown, rufous, and black with intricate vermiculations; distinctive large white spots on wing coverts; white throat patch; no white in wings or tail. Sexes similar with slight pattern …

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.

Spotted Nightjar

호주 개방 삼림, 스피니펙스 초원, 반건조 덤불에 서식하는 중형 쏙독새(~103g). 눈점박이야행소쏙독새라고도 불린다. 관심필요종.

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