Jungle Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Caprimulgus indicus เปรียบเทียบกับ Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Jungle Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Caprimulgus indicus Chordeiles acutipennis
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 36.4 cm (14.3 in) 33.0 cm (13.0 in)
น้ำหนัก 84.0 g (2.96 oz) 50.0 g (1.76 oz)
อาหาร Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths, beetles, and flying insects over South and SE Asian forest. Hawks small flying insects at dusk and dawn over North and South American arid scrub …
จำนวนไข่ 1-2 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

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Song & Call Comparison

Jungle Nightjar

เสียงร้อง

Loud churring 'chuck-chuck-chuck-rrr'; repetitive with accelerating quality; calls from South Asian forest at dusk; hollow resonant tone; alarm a sharp 'chuck'

Lesser Nighthawk

เสียงร้อง

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

Jungle Nightjar

Breeds in eastern Asia (India, China, Korea, Japan) south to Southeast Asia; northern populations winter in tropical Southeast Asia.

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.

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Jungle Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Jungle Nightjar

ขนนก

Brown and grey mottled with dark vermiculations; white throat patch; white wing spots across primaries; white outer tail spots in male; buff throat and tail spots in female; pale supercilium …

Lesser Nighthawk

ขนนก

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

Jungle Nightjar

A medium Caprimulgidae nightjar (~84 g) of forest and forest edges from the Indian subcontinent through Southeast Asia to Japan. Cryptically patterned grey-brown and buff. Calls with a 'chuck' note at dusk. Partially migratory; northern populations move south in winter. Feeds on large moths and beetles. 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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