Large-tailed Nightjar vs Heinrich's Nightjar

Caprimulgus macrurus so với Eurostopodus diabolicus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Large-tailed Nightjar Heinrich's Nightjar
Tên Khoa Học Caprimulgus macrurus Eurostopodus diabolicus
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 35,8 cm (14.1 in) 39,9 cm (15.7 in)
Khối Lượng 69,16666666666667 g (2.44 oz) 104,0 g (3.67 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Nocturnal feeder on flying insects including moths, beetles, and larger dipterans; hunts in low coursing … Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in flight over Sulawesi forest; poorly known.
Số Trứng 1-2 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

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Song & Call Comparison

Large-tailed Nightjar

Tiếng Hót

Loud, resonant 'chuck-chuck-churr'; hollow knocking notes with long trill; one of Asia's commonest nightjars; calls persistently from forest edges; carries great distance

Heinrich's Nightjar

Tiếng Hót

Haunting, hollow 'ku-WOO' repeated rhythmically; deep resonant quality; distinctive mournful whistle carrying through Sulawesi forest at night

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Geographic Range & Migration

Large-tailed Nightjar

Found from India and Sri Lanka east to the Philippines and northern Australia. Resident in forest edge, secondary growth, and plantations.

Heinrich's Nightjar

Endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia; resident of montane forest; extremely rare and poorly known, with very few records.

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Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Large-tailed Nightjar

Least Concern

Heinrich's Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Large-tailed Nightjar

Bộ Lông

Intricately patterned brown, black, and buff upperparts; pale supercilium contrasts with dark crown; white throat patch; males show conspicuous white outer tail feathers and white primary spots; long tail distinctive.

Heinrich's Nightjar

Bộ Lông

Rufous-brown and dark brown mottled with buff vermiculations; large pale buff throat patch; pale buff supercilium; no white wing markings; tail darkly barred brown and buff. Poorly known; Sulawesi endemic.

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About These Birds

Large-tailed Nightjar

A large nightjar (25-33 cm) widespread from South and Southeast Asia to Australasia. Brown plumage with bold rufous collar patches. Crepuscular and nocturnal, feeding on insects in forest clearings and edges. Recognizable by its persistent, rhythmic tok-tok-tok call.

Heinrich's Nightjar

A medium Caprimulgidae nightjar (~104 g) endemic to the forest and forest-edge habitats of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Cryptically patterned brown-and-buff. Nocturnal insectivore; catches moths and beetles in aerial sallies. Little studied and rarely encountered in the field. Least Concern within its Sulawesi range.

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