Jungle Nightjar vs Spotted Nightjar

Caprimulgus indicus เปรียบเทียบกับ Eurostopodus argus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Jungle Nightjar Spotted Nightjar
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Caprimulgus indicus Eurostopodus argus
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 36.4 cm (14.3 in) 42.7 cm (16.8 in)
น้ำหนัก 84.0 g (2.96 oz) 102.5 g (3.62 oz)
อาหาร Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths, beetles, and flying insects over South and SE Asian forest. Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian …
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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'

Spotted Nightjar

เสียงร้อง

Loud churring 'good-lord-deliver-us' repeated at dusk; melodic bubbling quality; also emits hollow 'cow-cow-cow' series and soft frog-like croaking

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Geographic Range & Migration

Jungle Nightjar

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

Spotted Nightjar

Resident and partial migrant of open woodland, grassland, and scrub across mainland Australia and migrating to New Guinea and Indonesia in winter.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Jungle Nightjar

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

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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 …

Spotted Nightjar

ขนนก

Cryptically mottled grey-brown, rufous, and black with intricate vermiculations; distinctive large white spots on wing coverts; white throat patch; no white in wings or tail. Sexes similar with slight pattern …

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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.

Spotted Nightjar

A medium Caprimulgidae nightjar (~103 g) of open woodland, spinifex grassland, and rocky ridges across mainland Australia. Intricately spotted and barred brown, grey, and buff. Cryptic by day on the ground among leaf litter. Crepuscular and nocturnal; feeds on flying insects caught in aerial pursuit. Least Concern.

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