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Spotted Nightjar

Eurostopodus argus

Least Concern

Kanat Açıklığı

42,7 cm

Ağırlık

102,5 g

Familya

Caprimulgidae

Takım

Caprimulgiformes

Hakkında

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.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
Kanat Açıklığı	42,7 cm	16.8 in
Ağırlık	102,5 g	3.62 oz

Tanımlama

Tuy

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 differences.

Habitat & Range

🌲 Forest 🌾 Grassland 🏖️ Coastal

Coğrafi Dağılım

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

Diet & Feeding

Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian scrubland.

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

Davranış & Üreme

Yuvalama

Nest type: NO. Incubation: 29-33 days. Fledging: 30 days.

Kuluçka Büyüklüğü

Ses

Şarkı

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

Taksonomi

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Takım	Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars & Swifts)
Familya	Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)
Genus	Eurostopodus
Türler	Eurostopodus argus

Distribution

Spotted Nightjar has been recorded in 1 countries.

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Mevcut Not recorded