Chuck-will's-widow vs Lesser Nighthawk

Antrostomus carolinensis ile kıyaslandığında Chordeiles acutipennis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Chuck-will's-widow Lesser Nighthawk
Bilimsel Ad Antrostomus carolinensis Chordeiles acutipennis
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Koruma Durumu Near Threatened Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 41,5 cm (16.3 in) 33,0 cm (13.0 in)
Ağırlık 112,94000000000001 g (3.98 oz) 50,0 g (1.76 oz)
Beslenme Hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at night; large gape allows capture of small … Hawks small flying insects at dusk and dawn over North and South American arid scrub …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2 1-2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Hiçbiri

Chuck-will's-widow only

Lesser Nighthawk only

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Song & Call Comparison

Chuck-will's-widow

Şarkı

Loud, whistled 'chuck-WILL's-WI-dow'; rich and rolling; lower and fuller than Whip-poor-will; carries far through southeastern US forest; calls persistently all night

Lesser Nighthawk

Şarkı

Loud purring trill; buzzy 'brrrrr' given in flight; lower and softer than Common Nighthawk; males display with booming wingbeats; calls at dusk over deserts

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Geographic Range & Migration

Chuck-will's-widow

Breeds in dense woodland and forest edge in eastern North America from the Gulf states north to southern Ontario; winters in Cuba and Central America.

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.

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Koruma Durumu

Near Threatened

Chuck-will's-widow

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

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How to Tell Them Apart

Chuck-will's-widow

Tuy

Large; warm brown and buff mottled above with rufous tones; buff-brown throat collar; white inner webs of outer tail feathers in male; male with white gorget; female has buff throat …

Lesser Nighthawk

Tuy

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 …

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About These Birds

Chuck-will's-widow

North America's largest Caprimulgidae nightjar (~113 g), breeding in open pine and oak woodland of the southeastern United States, wintering in the Caribbean and Central America. Named for its loud, distinctive call. Feeds on large moths, beetles, and occasionally small birds. Near Threatened from habitat loss.

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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