Spotted Nightjar vs Short-tailed Nighthawk

Eurostopodus argus 비교 대상 Lurocalis semitorquatus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Spotted Nightjar Short-tailed Nighthawk
학명 Eurostopodus argus Lurocalis semitorquatus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 42.7 cm (16.8 in) 37.1 cm (14.6 in)
체중 102.5 g (3.62 oz) 80.7 g (2.85 oz)
식성 Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian … Aerial insectivore; hawks large beetles and moths at night over South American forest canopy and …
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Habitat Comparison

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Spotted Nightjar only

Short-tailed Nighthawk 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

Short-tailed Nighthawk

노래

Loud, frog-like 'wok' or 'bok' repeated at dusk; hollow resonant quality; calls from high canopy in flight; rapid series when excited; distinctive and far-carrying

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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.

Short-tailed Nighthawk

Resident of lowland forest edge and open woodland from Mexico through Central America and tropical South America to Bolivia and Brazil.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

Least Concern

Short-tailed Nighthawk

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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 …

Short-tailed Nighthawk

깃털

Dark sooty-brown with buff and rufous spotting; rufous-spotted throat forms partial collar; short rounded tail barred dark brown and buff; lacks white wing bar; darker and more uniformly colored than …

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About These Birds

Spotted Nightjar

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

Short-tailed Nighthawk

A medium Caprimulgidae nighthawk (~81 g) of forest canopy edges and second growth across much of tropical South America and Central America. Dark brown plumage with a white throat patch. Flies swiftly above the canopy at dusk, catching insects. Rounded wings and very short tail are distinctive. Least Concern.

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