Star-spotted Nightjar vs Archbold's Nightjar

Caprimulgus stellatus so với Eurostopodus archboldi

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Star-spotted Nightjar Archbold's Nightjar
Tên Khoa Học Caprimulgus stellatus Eurostopodus archboldi
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 30,9 cm (12.2 in) 41,0 cm (16.1 in)
Khối Lượng 59,25 g (2.09 oz) 77,0 g (2.72 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- Aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in nocturnal flight over New Guinea montane forest.
Số Trứng -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Không

Star-spotted Nightjar only

Archbold's Nightjar only

Song & Call Comparison

Star-spotted Nightjar

Tiếng Hót

Churring trill; hollow 'chuck' notes interspersed with churring; calls from dry East African bush at night; similar to Donaldson Smith's but larger and louder

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

Star-spotted Nightjar

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

Star-spotted Nightjar

Least Concern

Archbold's Nightjar

How to Tell Them Apart

Star-spotted Nightjar

Bộ Lông

Dark brown upperparts densely dotted with small buff-white stellate spots; white throat patch; underparts barred buff and dark brown; the star-like white spotting on wing coverts and back is the …

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

Star-spotted Nightjar

A small nightjar (21-23 cm) found in dry, rocky semi-desert and arid bushland of the Horn of Africa and southern Arabian Peninsula. Sandy-brown plumage with star-like white spots on wing coverts. Nocturnal insectivore. Poorly studied due to remote habitat.

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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