Sulawesi Nightjar vs Papuan Nightjar
Caprimulgus celebensis comparado com Eurostopodus papuensis
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Atributo | Sulawesi Nightjar | Papuan Nightjar |
|---|---|---|
| Nome científico | Caprimulgus celebensis | Eurostopodus papuensis |
| Ordem | Caprimulgiformes | Caprimulgiformes |
| Família | Caprimulgidae | Caprimulgidae |
| Estado de conservação | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Comprimento | — | — |
| Envergadura | 37,4 cm (14.7 in) | 37,9 cm (14.9 in) |
| Peso | 63,166666666666664 g (2.23 oz) | 80,5 g (2.84 oz) |
| Dieta | Crepuscular insectivore specialising in large moths; also takes beetles and flies in low-level aerial sallies. | Hawks large flying insects, especially moths, at night over Papuan forest and savanna. |
| Tamanho da postura | -- | 1 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Habitat Comparison
Song & Call Comparison
Sulawesi Nightjar
Loud churring call; hollow 'chuck' notes with extended trill; calls at night from Sulawesi forest and scrub; endemic; alarm a sharp bark note
Papuan Nightjar
Churring, repetitive nocturnal call; soft bubbling trill; melodic series of hollow notes; calls from low perch or ground in New Guinea lowland forest
Geographic Range & Migration
Sulawesi Nightjar
Found in Somalia, Kenya, and southern Ethiopia. Resident in arid thorn scrub and open acacia woodland. Uncommon and poorly known.
Papuan Nightjar
Resident of savanna woodland, grass, and scrub in lowland New Guinea (Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).
Estado de conservação
Sulawesi Nightjar
Papuan Nightjar
How to Tell Them Apart
Sulawesi Nightjar
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.
Papuan Nightjar
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.
About These Birds
Sulawesi Nightjar
Noitibó de Célebes de 22–24 cm, endêmico da ilha de Célebes (Sulawesi) e algumas ilhas menores da Indonésia.
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.