Tawny-collared Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Antrostomus salvini so với Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Tawny-collared Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
Tên Khoa Học Antrostomus salvini Chordeiles acutipennis
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 33,8 cm (13.3 in) 33,0 cm (13.0 in)
Khối Lượng 56,0 g (1.98 oz) 50,0 g (1.76 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn 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 …
Số Trứng 2 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Không

Tawny-collared Nightjar only

Lesser Nighthawk only

Song & Call Comparison

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Tiếng Hót

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

Tiếng Hót

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.

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Bộ Lông

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

Bộ Lông

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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