Salvadori's Nightjar vs Papuan Nightjar

Caprimulgus pulchellus comparado com Eurostopodus papuensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Salvadori's Nightjar Papuan Nightjar
Nome científico Caprimulgus pulchellus Eurostopodus papuensis
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 30,8 cm (12.1 in) 37,9 cm (14.9 in)
Peso 57,5 g (2.03 oz) 80,5 g (2.84 oz)
Dieta Strictly nocturnal aerial forager targeting moths and large beetles; hunts by sight in low, erratic … 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

Salvadori's Nightjar only

Papuan Nightjar only

Nenhum

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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

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

Salvadori's Nightjar

Known from a single specimen from the eastern DRC. One of Africa's rarest birds; range and habitat entirely unknown. Possibly highland forest.

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

Salvadori's Nightjar

Least Concern

Papuan Nightjar

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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.

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

Salvadori's Nightjar

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

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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