Pennant-winged Nightjar vs Heinrich's Nightjar

Caprimulgus vexillarius เปรียบเทียบกับ Eurostopodus diabolicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Pennant-winged Nightjar Heinrich's Nightjar
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Caprimulgus vexillarius Eurostopodus diabolicus
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 41.4 cm (16.3 in) 39.9 cm (15.7 in)
น้ำหนัก 189.70000000000002 g (6.69 oz) 104.0 g (3.67 oz)
อาหาร Crepuscular forager targeting moths, termites, and large beetles; patrols forest edges and clearings at dusk. Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in flight over Sulawesi forest; poorly known.
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Habitat Comparison

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Song & Call Comparison

Pennant-winged Nightjar

เสียงร้อง

Melodic whistled churring; cleaner, more musical than most African nightjars; male's display call a repeated mellow whistle; calls at dusk across miombo woodland

Heinrich's Nightjar

เสียงร้อง

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Found across sub-Saharan Africa from Guinea east to Ethiopia and south to Angola. Resident in dry savanna, open woodland, and Sahel scrubland.

Heinrich's Nightjar

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

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Least Concern

Heinrich's Nightjar

How to Tell Them Apart

Pennant-winged Nightjar

ขนนก

Large; dark brown and black upperparts with white wing-covert spots; large white primary patches visible in flight; breeding males grow extraordinary white pennant-shaped ninth primary extensions reaching 50 cm; females …

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.

About These Birds

Pennant-winged Nightjar

A spectacular nightjar (24-28 cm) of southern African open woodlands. Breeding males develop extraordinary elongated innermost primary feathers trailing as white pennants up to 60 cm long during courtship display flights. Nocturnal insectivore; a long-distance intra-African migrant.

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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