Archbold's Nightjar vs Lyre-tailed Nightjar

Eurostopodus archboldi so với Uropsalis lyra

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Archbold's Nightjar Lyre-tailed Nightjar
Tên Khoa Học Eurostopodus archboldi Uropsalis lyra
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 41,0 cm (16.1 in) 35,2 cm (13.9 in)
Khối Lượng 77,0 g (2.72 oz) 71,25 g (2.51 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in nocturnal flight over New Guinea montane forest. Hawks moths and flying insects at night over Andean montane forest; male's enormously long tail …
Số Trứng 1 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Archbold's Nightjar only

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Lyre-tailed Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Archbold's Nightjar

Tiếng Hót

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

Lyre-tailed Nightjar

Tiếng Hót

Clear, melodic whistled phrase; 'wheeeoo' delivered from Andean ridges; males give repeated territorial whistle; alarm a sharp 'chek'; female call quieter and thinner

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Geographic Range & Migration

Archbold's Nightjar

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

Lyre-tailed Nightjar

Resident of Andean cloud forest and forest edge in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, at 1,000–2,500 m.

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Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Archbold's Nightjar

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

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.

Lyre-tailed Nightjar

Bộ Lông

Male dark brown with buff mottling; outer tail feathers massively elongated and curved outward forming lyre shape up to 60 cm; white throat. Female plain brown and buff mottled without …

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About These Birds

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.

Lyre-tailed Nightjar

A medium Caprimulgidae nightjar (~71 g) of Andean cloud forests from Venezuela to Bolivia. Males bear enormously elongated outer tail feathers extending over three times the body length in a lyrate shape; females lack this ornamentation. Inhabits moist montane forest edges. Feeds on insects at night. Least Concern.

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