Papuan Nightjar vs Band-tailed Nighthawk

Eurostopodus papuensis 비교 대상 Nyctiprogne leucopyga

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Papuan Nightjar Band-tailed Nighthawk
학명 Eurostopodus papuensis Nyctiprogne leucopyga
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 37.9 cm (14.9 in) 27.2 cm (10.7 in)
체중 80.5 g (2.84 oz) 24.7 g (0.87 oz)
식성 Hawks large flying insects, especially moths, at night over Papuan forest and savanna. Hawks small to medium flying insects over South American rivers, lakes, and surrounding savanna at …
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Habitat Comparison

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Song & Call Comparison

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

Band-tailed Nighthawk

노래

Sharp, high 'chip-chip' notes; thin buzzy trills; calls over rivers at dusk; small size produces high-pitched thin vocalizations; often calls in flight

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Geographic Range & Migration

Papuan Nightjar

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

Band-tailed Nighthawk

Resident and nomadic along large rivers and in open savanna in tropical South America from Venezuela south to Bolivia, Brazil, and northern Argentina.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Papuan Nightjar

Least Concern

Band-tailed Nighthawk

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How to Tell Them Apart

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.

Band-tailed Nighthawk

깃털

Small; dark brown above with buff speckles; pale buff below with dark brown barring; white tail band diagnostic at species level; white throat patch in male; no white wing bar; …

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About These Birds

Papuan Nightjar

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

Band-tailed Nighthawk

A tiny Caprimulgidae nighthawk (~25 g) of tropical river margins and sandbar beaches in the Amazon and Orinoco basins. Blackish brown with a white rump band; very small. Roosts on bare sand and low branches near water. Feeds on insects aerially at low elevations above rivers at dusk. Least Concern.

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