Salvadori's Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Caprimulgus pulchellus comparado com Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Salvadori's Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
Nome científico Caprimulgus pulchellus Chordeiles acutipennis
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 30,8 cm (12.1 in) 33,0 cm (13.0 in)
Peso 57,5 g (2.03 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 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Nenhum

Salvadori's Nightjar only

Lesser Nighthawk only

Song & Call Comparison

Salvadori's Nightjar

Canto

Churring trill; repetitive 'chrrr' from Sumatran highland forest; calls at night from mossy forest understory; moderate pitch; similar to but separable from Bornean species

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

Salvadori's 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

Salvadori's Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Salvadori's Nightjar

Plumagem

Attractively patterned dark brown and buff upperparts; warm buff supercilium and throat patch; rufous-buff spotting on wing coverts; underparts barred buff; montane Sundaland endemic with relatively rich coloration.

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

Salvadori's Nightjar

Noitibó de Java de 22–24 cm com plumagem vistosa, endêmico de Java e Bali na Indonésia, habita florestas montanas.

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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