Standard-winged Nightjar vs Papuan Nightjar

Caprimulgus longipennis в сравнении с Eurostopodus papuensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Standard-winged Nightjar Papuan Nightjar
Научное название Caprimulgus longipennis Eurostopodus papuensis
Отряд Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Семейство Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 34,6 cm (13.6 in) 37,9 cm (14.9 in)
Масса 48,5 g (1.71 oz) 80,5 g (2.84 oz)
Питание Nocturnal moth and beetle specialist; hunts in sustained low flight over dry open country and … Hawks large flying insects, especially moths, at night over Papuan forest and savanna.
Размер кладки 1-2 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Standard-winged Nightjar only

Papuan Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Standard-winged Nightjar

Пение

Churring 'chrrr' from West African woodland; male performs display flight with elongated wing feathers; calls from open savanna; alarm a quiet 'chek'

Papuan Nightjar

Пение

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

Standard-winged Nightjar

Breeds in central and southern Africa from Angola south to South Africa. Intra-African migrant; moves north in austral winter through miombo woodland.

Papuan Nightjar

Resident of savanna woodland, grass, and scrub in lowland New Guinea (Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).

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Охранный статус

Least Concern

Standard-winged Nightjar

Least Concern

Papuan Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Standard-winged Nightjar

Оперение

Brown and black cryptic upperparts; white throat patch; breeding males develop extraordinary elongated inner primaries as feather-flag standards up to 38 cm with small terminal vane; among Africa's most spectacular …

Papuan Nightjar

Оперение

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

Standard-winged Nightjar

A remarkable nightjar (22-28 cm) in which breeding males develop an extraordinary elongated innermost primary feather (up to 38 cm) with a broad, pennant-like flag. Found in moist savanna across West and Central Africa. Nocturnal insectivore; an intra-African migrant.

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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