Cuban Nightjar vs Papuan Nightjar

Antrostomus cubanensis comparado com Eurostopodus papuensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Cuban Nightjar Papuan Nightjar
Nome científico Antrostomus cubanensis Eurostopodus papuensis
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 35,0 cm (13.8 in) 37,9 cm (14.9 in)
Peso 71,4 g (2.52 oz) 80,5 g (2.84 oz)
Dieta Hawks moths and flying insects at night over Cuban dry forest and coastal scrub. Hawks large flying insects, especially moths, at night over Papuan forest and savanna.
Tamanho da postura 1-2 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Nenhum

Cuban Nightjar only

Papuan Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Cuban Nightjar

Canto

Rich, whistled 'chip-CHURR-wee' or 'whip-poor-will' variant; melodic rolling phrase; calls from Cuban pine forest at night; similar to Whip-poor-will but warmer toned

Papuan Nightjar

Canto

Churring, repetitive nocturnal call; soft bubbling trill; melodic series of hollow notes; calls from low perch or ground in New Guinea lowland forest

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Geographic Range & Migration

Cuban Nightjar

Endemic to Cuba and the Isle of Youth; resident of open pine woodland, scrub, and savanna.

Papuan Nightjar

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

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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Cuban Nightjar

Least Concern

Papuan Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Cuban Nightjar

Plumagem

Brown and grey mottled with dark vermiculations; white gorget in male; white inner tail feather webs in male; buff throat and buff tail markings in female; overall pattern similar to …

Papuan Nightjar

Plumagem

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.

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About These Birds

Cuban Nightjar

A medium Caprimulgidae nightjar (~71 g) endemic to Cuba and the Isle of Youth. Inhabits dry and semi-deciduous forest, woodland edges, and scrub. Cryptic brown-grey plumage. Males call 'que-to-do, que-to-do' repeatedly at night. Feeds on flying insects. Least Concern within its island range.

Papuan Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~81 g) of lowland savanna, grassland, and forest edges across the southern lowlands of New Guinea. Cryptic buff-and-brown plumage; white-spotted wings visible in flight. Nocturnal aerial insectivore. Commonly heard at night but rarely seen by day. Least Concern.

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