Tawny-collared Nightjar vs Cayenne Nightjar

Antrostomus salvini ile kıyaslandığında Setopagis maculosa

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Tawny-collared Nightjar Cayenne Nightjar
Bilimsel Ad Antrostomus salvini Setopagis maculosa
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Data Deficient
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 33,8 cm (13.3 in) 27,8 cm (10.9 in)
Ağırlık 56,0 g (1.98 oz) 47,0 g (1.66 oz)
Beslenme Aerial insectivore; hawks moths and beetles at night over Central American forest and forest edge. Catches flying insects in aerial pursuit at night over South American forest and scrub.
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2 1-2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Tawny-collared Nightjar only

Hiçbiri

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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

Cayenne Nightjar

Şarkı

Poorly known vocalizations; presumed churring trill based on genus; extremely rare recordings; distinct from other Setopagis by subtle tonal and rhythm differences

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Geographic Range & Migration

Tawny-collared Nightjar

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

Cayenne Nightjar

Known from a few specimens from French Guiana; possibly a rare resident of coastal forest and scrub; poorly known.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Data Deficient

Cayenne Nightjar

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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.

Cayenne Nightjar

Tuy

Brown and buff mottled above with dark vermiculations; pale buff below with darker barring; white throat patch in male; outer tail spots white; data deficient; known from only a handful …

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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.

Cayenne Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~47 g) from coastal French Guiana and adjacent Suriname. Known from only a handful of specimens; biology essentially unknown. Mottled brown plumage presumed cryptic in leaf litter. Presumed nocturnal insectivore. Data Deficient due to extreme rarity of confirmed records in the wild.

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