Papuan Nightjar vs Brown Nightjar

Eurostopodus papuensis 비교 대상 Veles binotatus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Papuan Nightjar Brown Nightjar
학명 Eurostopodus papuensis Veles binotatus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 37.9 cm (14.9 in) 29.8 cm (11.7 in)
체중 80.5 g (2.84 oz) 63.0 g (2.22 oz)
식성 Hawks large flying insects, especially moths, at night over Papuan forest and savanna. Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths and flying insects over West and Central African forest.
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Papuan Nightjar only

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Brown Nightjar only

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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

Brown Nightjar

노래

Repeated 'pew-pew' or 'puu-puu'; mellow, hollow whistle from African rainforest; calls from dense canopy at night; soft and ventriloquial; alarm a sharp 'chik'

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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).

Brown Nightjar

Resident of lowland and submontane forest edge and clearings in West and Central Africa from Sierra Leone and Liberia east to DR Congo and Uganda.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Papuan Nightjar

Least Concern

Brown Nightjar

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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.

Brown Nightjar

깃털

Uniform dark rufous-brown with fine dark vermiculations; small pale buff wing spots; no white throat patch; no white tail markings; monotypic; very cryptic plumage matched to dark rainforest bark; West …

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About These Birds

Papuan Nightjar

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

Brown Nightjar

A medium-small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~63 g) of lowland and secondary forest in equatorial West Africa from Sierra Leone to Uganda. Uniformly dark brown above with a small white throat spot; plain compared with many nightjars. Nocturnal insectivore of forest understorey. Least Concern in its equatorial forest range.

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