Salvadori's Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Caprimulgus pulchellus เปรียบเทียบกับ Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Salvadori's Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Caprimulgus pulchellus Chordeiles acutipennis
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 30.8 cm (12.1 in) 33.0 cm (13.0 in)
น้ำหนัก 57.5 g (2.03 oz) 50.0 g (1.76 oz)
อาหาร -- 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

Salvadori's Nightjar

เสียงร้อง

Churring trill; repetitive 'chrrr' from Sumatran highland forest; calls at night from mossy forest understory; moderate pitch; similar to but separable from Bornean species

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

Salvadori's Nightjar

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

Salvadori's Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Salvadori's Nightjar

ขนนก

Attractively patterned dark brown and buff upperparts; warm buff supercilium and throat patch; rufous-buff spotting on wing coverts; underparts barred buff; montane Sundaland endemic with relatively rich coloration.

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

Salvadori's Nightjar

A medium-sized nightjar (24-26 cm) endemic to montane forests of Sumatra and Java, Indonesia. Dark brown plumage with rufous collar patches. Nocturnal insectivore of high-altitude forests above 1,000 m. Classified as Vulnerable due to habitat loss in montane regions.

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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