Tawny-collared Nightjar vs Spotted Nightjar

Antrostomus salvini comparado com Eurostopodus argus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Tawny-collared Nightjar Spotted Nightjar
Nome científico Antrostomus salvini Eurostopodus argus
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 33,8 cm (13.3 in) 42,7 cm (16.8 in)
Peso 56,0 g (1.98 oz) 102,5 g (3.62 oz)
Dieta Aerial insectivore; hawks moths and beetles at night over Central American forest and forest edge. Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian …
Tamanho da postura 2 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Tawny-collared Nightjar only

Nenhum

Spotted Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Canto

Loud 'WHEEP' or 'weet' repeated at intervals; sharp, whistled call; carries through Mexican highland forest; higher-pitched than Chuck-will's-widow; distinctive sharp quality

Spotted Nightjar

Canto

Loud churring 'good-lord-deliver-us' repeated at dusk; melodic bubbling quality; also emits hollow 'cow-cow-cow' series and soft frog-like croaking

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Geographic Range & Migration

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Resident of tropical dry forest and scrub in eastern Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco) and northern Central America.

Spotted Nightjar

Resident and partial migrant of open woodland, grassland, and scrub across mainland Australia and migrating to New Guinea and Indonesia in winter.

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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Plumagem

Brown and buff mottled above; distinctive tawny-buff collar encircling hindneck diagnostic; white gorget in male; pale buff underparts with dark barring; white outer tail spots in male; Mexican dry forests.

Spotted Nightjar

Plumagem

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 …

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About These Birds

Tawny-collared Nightjar

A medium-small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~56 g) of humid foothill and montane forest edges in northeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. Named for its tawny hindneck collar. Brown-mottled plumage; males have white tail corners. Roosts on the ground; feeds nocturnally on insects. Least Concern.

Spotted Nightjar

A medium Caprimulgidae nightjar (~103 g) of open woodland, spinifex grassland, and rocky ridges across mainland Australia. Intricately spotted and barred brown, grey, and buff. Cryptic by day on the ground among leaf litter. Crepuscular and nocturnal; feeds on flying insects caught in aerial pursuit. Least Concern.

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