Mexican Whip-poor-will vs Heinrich's Nightjar

Antrostomus arizonae เปรียบเทียบกับ Eurostopodus diabolicus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Mexican Whip-poor-will Heinrich's Nightjar
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Antrostomus arizonae Eurostopodus diabolicus
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 31.9 cm (12.6 in) 39.9 cm (15.7 in)
น้ำหนัก 47.45 g (1.67 oz) 104.0 g (3.67 oz)
อาหาร Hawks moths, beetles, and flying insects at night over pine-oak forest of Mexico and SW … Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in flight over Sulawesi forest; poorly known.
จำนวนไข่ 1-2 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

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Song & Call Comparison

Mexican Whip-poor-will

เสียงร้อง

Clear 'whip-poor-WILL'; similar to Eastern but slightly higher in pitch; calls from pine-oak highlands of Mexico; burry whistled quality; repeated persistently at night

Heinrich's Nightjar

เสียงร้อง

Haunting, hollow 'ku-WOO' repeated rhythmically; deep resonant quality; distinctive mournful whistle carrying through Sulawesi forest at night

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Geographic Range & Migration

Mexican Whip-poor-will

Breeds in pine-oak highland forest in the mountains of Mexico and Central America; partially migratory at higher elevations.

Heinrich's Nightjar

Endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia; resident of montane forest; extremely rare and poorly known, with very few records.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Mexican Whip-poor-will

Least Concern

Heinrich's Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Mexican Whip-poor-will

ขนนก

Grey-brown and buff mottled above with dark vermiculations; white gorget in male; pale buff barred underparts; white outer tail tips in male; recently split from Eastern Whip-poor-will; slightly browner tones …

Heinrich's Nightjar

ขนนก

Rufous-brown and dark brown mottled with buff vermiculations; large pale buff throat patch; pale buff supercilium; no white wing markings; tail darkly barred brown and buff. Poorly known; Sulawesi endemic.

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About These Birds

Mexican Whip-poor-will

A medium-small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~47 g) of pine-oak forests in the mountains of Arizona, New Mexico, and western Mexico. Recently split from the Eastern Whip-poor-will on morphological and vocal grounds. Calls with the same 'whip-poor-will' phrase. Feeds on moths and beetles nocturnally. Least Concern.

Heinrich's Nightjar

A medium Caprimulgidae nightjar (~104 g) endemic to the forest and forest-edge habitats of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Cryptically patterned brown-and-buff. Nocturnal insectivore; catches moths and beetles in aerial sallies. Little studied and rarely encountered in the field. Least Concern within its Sulawesi range.

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