Standard-winged Nightjar vs Archbold's Nightjar

Caprimulgus longipennis so với Eurostopodus archboldi

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Standard-winged Nightjar Archbold's Nightjar
Tên Khoa Học Caprimulgus longipennis Eurostopodus archboldi
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 34,6 cm (13.6 in) 41,0 cm (16.1 in)
Khối Lượng 48,5 g (1.71 oz) 77,0 g (2.72 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Nocturnal moth and beetle specialist; hunts in sustained low flight over dry open country and … Aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in nocturnal flight over New Guinea montane forest.
Số Trứng 1-2 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

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Song & Call Comparison

Standard-winged Nightjar

Tiếng Hót

Churring 'chrrr' from West African woodland; male performs display flight with elongated wing feathers; calls from open savanna; alarm a quiet 'chek'

Archbold's Nightjar

Tiếng Hót

Rarely recorded; presumed churring nocturnal song; low, resonant trilling typical of genus; vocalizations scarcely documented from highland New Guinea

Geographic Range & Migration

Standard-winged Nightjar

Breeds in central and southern Africa from Angola south to South Africa. Intra-African migrant; moves north in austral winter through miombo woodland.

Archbold's Nightjar

Resident of montane forest in central New Guinea (Snow Mountains and Star Mountains) above 1,500 m; very poorly known.

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Standard-winged Nightjar

Least Concern

Archbold's Nightjar

How to Tell Them Apart

Standard-winged Nightjar

Bộ Lông

Brown and black cryptic upperparts; white throat patch; breeding males develop extraordinary elongated inner primaries as feather-flag standards up to 38 cm with small terminal vane; among Africa's most spectacular …

Archbold's Nightjar

Bộ Lông

Brown and dark grey with rufous-buff vermiculations; whitish throat patch; pale buff supercilium contrasts with darker crown; no white wing or tail patches; tail barred; New Guinea highlands; few records.

About These Birds

Standard-winged Nightjar

A remarkable nightjar (22-28 cm) in which breeding males develop an extraordinary elongated innermost primary feather (up to 38 cm) with a broad, pennant-like flag. Found in moist savanna across West and Central Africa. Nocturnal insectivore; an intra-African migrant.

Archbold's Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~77 g) known from subalpine grasslands and forest margins in the interior mountains of New Guinea. Named after naturalist Richard Archbold. Cryptic brown-patterned plumage. Nocturnal insectivore. Infrequently observed; biology largely undescribed. Least Concern in its montane range.

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