Archbold's Nightjar vs Swallow-tailed Nightjar

Eurostopodus archboldi 비교 대상 Uropsalis segmentata

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Archbold's Nightjar Swallow-tailed Nightjar
학명 Eurostopodus archboldi Uropsalis segmentata
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 41.0 cm (16.1 in) 32.6 cm (12.8 in)
체중 77.0 g (2.72 oz) 42.25000000000001 g (1.49 oz)
식성 Aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in nocturnal flight over New Guinea montane forest. Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles over Andean montane forest and scrub.
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Archbold's Nightjar only

없음

Swallow-tailed Nightjar only

Song & Call Comparison

Archbold's Nightjar

노래

Rarely recorded; presumed churring nocturnal song; low, resonant trilling typical of genus; vocalizations scarcely documented from highland New Guinea

Swallow-tailed Nightjar

노래

High, thin churring whistle; reedy 'tsee-tsee' series; calls from Andean forest understory; males conspicuous in display flight; female call softer and shorter

Geographic Range & Migration

Archbold's Nightjar

Resident of montane forest in central New Guinea (Snow Mountains and Star Mountains) above 1,500 m; very poorly known.

Swallow-tailed Nightjar

Resident of Andean forest edge and open slopes from Colombia and Venezuela south through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia, at 1,500–3,500 m.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Archbold's Nightjar

Least Concern

Swallow-tailed Nightjar

How to Tell Them Apart

Archbold's Nightjar

깃털

Brown and dark grey with rufous-buff vermiculations; whitish throat patch; pale buff supercilium contrasts with darker crown; no white wing or tail patches; tail barred; New Guinea highlands; few records.

Swallow-tailed Nightjar

깃털

Male dark brown with buff and rufous mottling; extraordinarily forked tail with outer feathers extending to 18 cm beyond inner; white throat patch. Female brown and buff mottled without elongated …

About These Birds

Archbold's Nightjar

뉴기니아 아고산 초원과 숲에 서식하는 소형 쏙독새(~77g). 아치볼드야행소쏙독새라고도 불린다. 관심필요종.

Swallow-tailed Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~42 g) of Andean montane forest edges and paramo from Colombia to Bolivia. Males possess a deeply forked swallow-like tail exceeding body length. Inhabits forest clearings and shrubby paramo. Feeds on moths and beetles at dusk. Least Concern in its montane Andean habitat.

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