Red-necked Nightjar vs Cayenne Nightjar

Caprimulgus ruficollis comparado com Setopagis maculosa

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Red-necked Nightjar Cayenne Nightjar
Nome científico Caprimulgus ruficollis Setopagis maculosa
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Estado de conservação Near Threatened Data Deficient
Comprimento
Envergadura 39,6 cm (15.6 in) 27,8 cm (10.9 in)
Peso 86,33333333333333 g (3.05 oz) 47,0 g (1.66 oz)
Dieta Hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at night over Iberian and North African scrub … Catches flying insects in aerial pursuit at night over South American forest and scrub.
Tamanho da postura 1-2 1-2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Red-necked Nightjar only

Cayenne Nightjar only

Nenhum

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Song & Call Comparison

Red-necked Nightjar

Canto

Loud, resonant 'cut-CHER-cut' or 'cotcorotcot'; far-carrying hollow knocking; churring trill between phrases; calls from scrubby Mediterranean habitats at night

Cayenne Nightjar

Canto

Poorly known vocalizations; presumed churring trill based on genus; extremely rare recordings; distinct from other Setopagis by subtle tonal and rhythm differences

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Geographic Range & Migration

Red-necked Nightjar

Breeds on the Iberian Peninsula, Morocco, and northwestern Algeria; long-distance migrant wintering in sub-Saharan West Africa from Senegal to Guinea.

Cayenne Nightjar

Known from a few specimens from French Guiana; possibly a rare resident of coastal forest and scrub; poorly known.

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Estado de conservação

Near Threatened

Red-necked Nightjar

Data Deficient

Cayenne Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Red-necked Nightjar

Plumagem

Large nightjar; grey-brown mottled above; rufous-orange hindneck collar diagnostic; white throat patch in male; white spots on wing coverts and outer tail in male; buff equivalents in female.

Cayenne Nightjar

Plumagem

Brown and buff mottled above with dark vermiculations; pale buff below with darker barring; white throat patch in male; outer tail spots white; data deficient; known from only a handful …

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About These Birds

Red-necked Nightjar

A large Caprimulgidae nightjar (~86 g) breeding in open pine forest and scrub of Iberia and northwestern Africa, wintering in sub-Saharan West Africa. A rufous collar is distinctive among Palearctic nightjars. Calls with a loud rhythmic 'kutuk-kutuk' at night. Feeds on large moths. Near Threatened from habitat loss.

Cayenne Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~47 g) from coastal French Guiana and adjacent Suriname. Known from only a handful of specimens; biology essentially unknown. Mottled brown plumage presumed cryptic in leaf litter. Presumed nocturnal insectivore. Data Deficient due to extreme rarity of confirmed records in the wild.

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