Tawny-collared Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Antrostomus salvini ile kıyaslandığında Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Tawny-collared Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
Bilimsel Ad Antrostomus salvini Chordeiles acutipennis
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 33,8 cm (13.3 in) 33,0 cm (13.0 in)
Ağırlık 56,0 g (1.98 oz) 50,0 g (1.76 oz)
Beslenme Aerial insectivore; hawks moths and beetles at night over Central American forest and forest edge. Hawks small flying insects at dusk and dawn over North and South American arid scrub …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Hiçbiri

Tawny-collared Nightjar only

Lesser Nighthawk only

Song & Call Comparison

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Şarkı

Loud 'WHEEP' or 'weet' repeated at intervals; sharp, whistled call; carries through Mexican highland forest; higher-pitched than Chuck-will's-widow; distinctive sharp quality

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Resident of tropical dry forest and scrub in eastern Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco) and northern 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.

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Tuy

Brown and buff mottled above; distinctive tawny-buff collar encircling hindneck diagnostic; white gorget in male; pale buff underparts with dark barring; white outer tail spots in male; Mexican dry forests.

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 …

About These Birds

Tawny-collared Nightjar

A medium-small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~56 g) of humid foothill and montane forest edges in northeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. Named for its tawny hindneck collar. Brown-mottled plumage; males have white tail corners. Roosts on the ground; feeds nocturnally on insects. Least Concern.

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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