Spotted Nightjar vs Yucatan Poorwill

Eurostopodus argus 비교 대상 Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Spotted Nightjar Yucatan Poorwill
학명 Eurostopodus argus Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 42.7 cm (16.8 in) 21.8 cm (8.6 in)
체중 102.5 g (3.62 oz) 24.5 g (0.86 oz)
식성 Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian … Aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles at night over Yucatan Peninsula dry forest and scrub.
산란 수 1 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Spotted Nightjar only

Yucatan Poorwill only

없음

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

Yucatan Poorwill

노래

Thin, whistled 'poor-will'; high and reedy for a nightjar; calls from dry Yucatan scrub at dusk; small size reflected in lighter, thinner call quality

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.

Yucatan Poorwill

Resident of lowland tropical forest and scrub in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, Belize, and northern Guatemala.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

Least Concern

Yucatan Poorwill

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 …

Yucatan Poorwill

깃털

Pale sandy-brown and buff mottled above; pale buff below with dark barring; white throat in male; no ear tufts unlike Eared Poorwill; small white outer tail spots; restricted to Yucatan …

About These Birds

Spotted Nightjar

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

Yucatan Poorwill

A tiny Caprimulgidae poorwill (~25 g) of dry scrub and thorn forest on the Yucatan Peninsula and adjacent Belize. One of the smallest poorwills. Brown-and-buff finely vermiculated plumage. Roosts on the ground amid leaf litter. Nocturnal insectivore, taking tiny moths and beetles. Least Concern within its restricted range.

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