Spotted Nightjar vs White-tailed Nightjar

Eurostopodus argus 비교 대상 Hydropsalis cayennensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Spotted Nightjar White-tailed Nightjar
학명 Eurostopodus argus Hydropsalis cayennensis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 42.7 cm (16.8 in) 27.3 cm (10.7 in)
체중 102.5 g (3.62 oz) 35.75 g (1.26 oz)
식성 Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian … Aerial insectivore; catches moths, beetles, and flying insects at night over South American open and …
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Spotted Nightjar only

White-tailed Nightjar 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

White-tailed Nightjar

노래

Rapid, whirring trill; 'churrrr' repeated with nasal quality; calls from open savanna and grassland at dusk; alarm a sharp bark; males display low over ground

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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.

White-tailed Nightjar

Resident of open savanna and forest edge from Costa Rica through Colombia and Venezuela to the Guianas and northern Brazil; also Caribbean islands.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

Least Concern

White-tailed Nightjar

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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 …

White-tailed Nightjar

깃털

Male brown and grey mottled; white outer tail feathers diagnostic; white throat; small white wing spots; female has buff outer tail feathers and lacks white wing spots; scrubby savanna habitats.

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About These Birds

Spotted Nightjar

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

White-tailed Nightjar

흰미끄러지기칼은 남아메리카 북부 지역에 서식하는 쏙독새 종류이다. 갈색과 회색의 얼룩무늬 깃털로 낮 동안 나무 위에서 위장하여 숨는다. 야행성으로 밤에 날아다니며 곤충을 잡아먹고 특유의 울음소리를 낸다.

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