Heinrich's Nightjar vs Greater Band-winged Nightjar

Eurostopodus diabolicus 비교 대상 Systellura longirostris

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Heinrich's Nightjar Greater Band-winged Nightjar
학명 Eurostopodus diabolicus Systellura longirostris
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 39.9 cm (15.7 in) 31.0 cm (12.2 in)
체중 104.0 g (3.67 oz) 45.666666666666664 g (1.61 oz)
식성 Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in flight over Sulawesi forest; poorly known. Aerial insectivore; catches moths and flying insects at night over South American open and scrubby …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Heinrich's Nightjar only

Greater Band-winged Nightjar only

Song & Call Comparison

Heinrich's Nightjar

노래

Haunting, hollow 'ku-WOO' repeated rhythmically; deep resonant quality; distinctive mournful whistle carrying through Sulawesi forest at night

Greater Band-winged Nightjar

노래

Repeated 'tyuk-tyuk' or 'chuck-will'; whistled, melodic phrase; calls from Andean slopes and scrub; alarm a sharp bark; cleaner tone than lowland nightjars

Geographic Range & Migration

Heinrich's Nightjar

Endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia; resident of montane forest; extremely rare and poorly known, with very few records.

Greater Band-winged Nightjar

Resident of open rocky slopes and Andean scrub from Ecuador south through Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina to Patagonia and the Falkland Islands.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Heinrich's Nightjar

Least Concern

Greater Band-winged Nightjar

How to Tell Them Apart

Heinrich's Nightjar

깃털

Rufous-brown and dark brown mottled with buff vermiculations; large pale buff throat patch; pale buff supercilium; no white wing markings; tail darkly barred brown and buff. Poorly known; Sulawesi endemic.

Greater Band-winged Nightjar

깃털

Brown and grey mottled with dark brown and buff vermiculations; white wing bar across primaries forming band pattern in flight; white throat in male; buff throat in female; white outer …

About These Birds

Heinrich's Nightjar

술라웨시 고유의 숲과 숲 가장자리에 서식하는 중형 쏙독새(~104g). 악마야행소쏙독새라고도 불린다. 관심필요종.

Greater Band-winged Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~46 g) of open scrub, grassland, and rocky slopes from Argentina northward through the Andes to Colombia. Brown-and-buff cryptic plumage with a pale wing bar. Highly vocal at night in Andean valleys. Feeds on insects aerially. Least Concern across its wide South American range.

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