Sulawesi Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Caprimulgus celebensis comparado com Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Sulawesi Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
Nome científico Caprimulgus celebensis Chordeiles acutipennis
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 37,4 cm (14.7 in) 33,0 cm (13.0 in)
Peso 63,166666666666664 g (2.23 oz) 50,0 g (1.76 oz)
Dieta -- Hawks small flying insects at dusk and dawn over North and South American arid scrub …
Tamanho da postura -- 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Sulawesi Nightjar only

Lesser Nighthawk only

Song & Call Comparison

Sulawesi Nightjar

Canto

Loud churring call; hollow 'chuck' notes with extended trill; calls at night from Sulawesi forest and scrub; endemic; alarm a sharp bark note

Lesser Nighthawk

Canto

Loud purring trill; buzzy 'brrrrr' given in flight; lower and softer than Common Nighthawk; males display with booming wingbeats; calls at dusk over deserts

Geographic Range & Migration

Sulawesi Nightjar

Lesser Nighthawk

Breeds in open arid scrub from southwestern USA south through Central America to western South America; winters in Mexico and northern South America.

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Sulawesi Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Sulawesi Nightjar

Plumagem

Richly marked rufous-brown and dark grey upperparts; pale buff spotting on wing coverts; white throat patch; underparts buff-white barred brown; Sulawesi endemic showing warmer tones than many regional congeners.

Lesser Nighthawk

Plumagem

Brown and buff mottled above; buff-white below with brown barring; white throat in male; white wing bar closer to wingtip than in Common Nighthawk; buff tail band. Female with buff …

About These Birds

Sulawesi Nightjar

Noitibó de Célebes de 22–24 cm, endêmico da ilha de Célebes (Sulawesi) e algumas ilhas menores da Indonésia.

Lesser Nighthawk

A small Caprimulgidae nighthawk (~50 g) of deserts, semi-arid scrub, and open woodland from the southwestern United States to Peru and Brazil. Brown-and-buff patterned; males have a white throat bar. Low, buoyant flight close to the ground at dusk. Hunts insects aerially. Migratory; Least Concern.

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