Tawny-collared Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Antrostomus salvini в сравнении с Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Tawny-collared Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
Научное название Antrostomus salvini Chordeiles acutipennis
Отряд Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Семейство Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 33,8 cm (13.3 in) 33,0 cm (13.0 in)
Масса 56,0 g (1.98 oz) 50,0 g (1.76 oz)
Питание Aerial insectivore; hawks moths and beetles at night over Central American forest and forest edge. Hawks small flying insects at dusk and dawn over North and South American arid scrub …
Размер кладки 2 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Нет

Tawny-collared Nightjar only

Lesser Nighthawk only

Song & Call Comparison

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Пение

Loud 'WHEEP' or 'weet' repeated at intervals; sharp, whistled call; carries through Mexican highland forest; higher-pitched than Chuck-will's-widow; distinctive sharp quality

Lesser Nighthawk

Пение

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

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Resident of tropical dry forest and scrub in eastern Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco) and northern Central America.

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.

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Оперение

Brown and buff mottled above; distinctive tawny-buff collar encircling hindneck diagnostic; white gorget in male; pale buff underparts with dark barring; white outer tail spots in male; Mexican dry forests.

Lesser Nighthawk

Оперение

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

Tawny-collared Nightjar

A medium-small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~56 g) of humid foothill and montane forest edges in northeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. Named for its tawny hindneck collar. Brown-mottled plumage; males have white tail corners. Roosts on the ground; feeds nocturnally on insects. Least Concern.

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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