Lesser Nighthawk vs White-winged Nightjar

Chordeiles acutipennis เปรียบเทียบกับ Eleothreptus candicans

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Lesser Nighthawk White-winged Nightjar
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Chordeiles acutipennis Eleothreptus candicans
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Vulnerable
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 33.0 cm (13.0 in) 30.2 cm (11.9 in)
น้ำหนัก 50.0 g (1.76 oz) 49.666666666666664 g (1.75 oz)
อาหาร Hawks small flying insects at dusk and dawn over North and South American arid scrub … Catches flying insects in nocturnal aerial sallies over South American savanna and grassland.
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Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

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Song & Call Comparison

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

White-winged Nightjar

เสียงร้อง

Soft, purring 'purrr' from cerrado grassland; low, muffled churring; males perform wing-clapping display producing sharp snapping sounds; vocalizations otherwise quiet

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Geographic Range & Migration

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.

White-winged Nightjar

Resident of campo cerrado grassland and open savanna in interior Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais); rare and endangered.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

Vulnerable

White-winged Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

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 …

White-winged Nightjar

ขนนก

Male largely white on wings with dark brown body; white wing patches striking in flight; brown crown and back; white tail. Female cryptically mottled brown and buff; lacks white wings …

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About These Birds

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.

White-winged Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~50 g) of cerrado grasslands in central South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay). Males are almost entirely white; females cryptically brown. One of the most distinctive nightjars. Inhabits open grassland with scattered shrubs. Vulnerable from rapid cerrado agricultural conversion.

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