Grey Nightjar vs Spotted Nightjar

Caprimulgus jotaka เปรียบเทียบกับ Eurostopodus argus

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Grey Nightjar Spotted Nightjar
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Caprimulgus jotaka Eurostopodus argus
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 40.7 cm (16.0 in) 42.7 cm (16.8 in)
น้ำหนัก 84.4 g (2.98 oz) 102.5 g (3.62 oz)
อาหาร Hawks moths and large insects at dusk and night over East and SE Asian forest … Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian …
จำนวนไข่ 1-2 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

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Grey Nightjar only

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Spotted Nightjar only

Song & Call Comparison

Grey Nightjar

เสียงร้อง

Persistent 'cawk-cawk-cawk'; hollow, frog-like notes repeated rapidly; calls from East Asian forests at night; higher-pitched variant churr also given; very persistent caller

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Grey Nightjar

Breeds in deciduous and mixed forest from far eastern Russia and northern China south to Korea and Japan; winters in southern and 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.

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Grey Nightjar

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

How to Tell Them Apart

Grey Nightjar

ขนนก

Grey-brown above with pale buff vermiculations; grey tones stronger than Jungle Nightjar; white throat patch; white outer wing spots; white outer tail in male; buff throat and tail spots in …

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 …

About These Birds

Grey Nightjar

A medium Caprimulgidae nightjar (~84 g) of montane forest and forest edges in Japan, Korea, and northeastern China, wintering in Southeast Asia. Greyish brown with fine vermiculations. Recently split from the Jungle Nightjar. Males call with a nasal 'pyo-pyo' at dusk. Feeds on flying insects. 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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