Spotted Nightjar vs Papuan Nightjar

Eurostopodus argus 비교 대상 Eurostopodus papuensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Spotted Nightjar Papuan Nightjar
학명 Eurostopodus argus Eurostopodus papuensis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 42.7 cm (16.8 in) 37.9 cm (14.9 in)
체중 102.5 g (3.62 oz) 80.5 g (2.84 oz)
식성 Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian … Hawks large flying insects, especially moths, at night over Papuan forest and savanna.
산란 수 1 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Spotted Nightjar only

Papuan Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

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

Papuan Nightjar

노래

Churring, repetitive nocturnal call; soft bubbling trill; melodic series of hollow notes; calls from low perch or ground in New Guinea lowland forest

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Geographic Range & Migration

Spotted Nightjar

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

Papuan Nightjar

Resident of savanna woodland, grass, and scrub in lowland New Guinea (Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

Least Concern

Papuan Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

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 …

Papuan Nightjar

깃털

Dark grey-brown finely vermiculated with buff and black; pale buff and rufous throat patch; pale supercilium; no white wing patches; tail barred brown and buff; cryptically patterned bark-mimicking plumage.

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About These Birds

Spotted Nightjar

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

Papuan Nightjar

뉴기니아 저지 사바나, 초원, 숲 가장자리의 소형 쏙독새(~81g). 파푸아야행소쏙독새. 관심필요종.

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