Blackish Nightjar vs Cayenne Nightjar

Nyctipolus nigrescens so với Setopagis maculosa

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Blackish Nightjar Cayenne Nightjar
Tên Khoa Học Nyctipolus nigrescens Setopagis maculosa
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Data Deficient
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 27,6 cm (10.9 in) 27,8 cm (10.9 in)
Khối Lượng 35,625 g (1.26 oz) 47,0 g (1.66 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths and small beetles in flight over South American forest and … Catches flying insects in aerial pursuit at night over South American forest and scrub.
Số Trứng 1 1-2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Blackish Nightjar only

Không

Cayenne Nightjar only

Không

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Song & Call Comparison

Blackish Nightjar

Tiếng Hót

Soft, purring 'churr' at low volume; gentle repetitive trill from rocky substrate; calls modestly at dusk; alarm a sharp 'chek'; blends with dark rocky habitat

Cayenne Nightjar

Tiếng Hót

Poorly known vocalizations; presumed churring trill based on genus; extremely rare recordings; distinct from other Setopagis by subtle tonal and rhythm differences

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Geographic Range & Migration

Blackish Nightjar

Resident of rocky outcrops, open woodland, and savanna in northern South America from Venezuela and the Guianas to Colombia and northern Brazil.

Cayenne Nightjar

Known from a few specimens from French Guiana; possibly a rare resident of coastal forest and scrub; poorly known.

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Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Blackish Nightjar

Data Deficient

Cayenne Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Blackish Nightjar

Bộ Lông

Uniformly dark sooty-brown with fine buff and rufous vermiculations; pale buff throat patch; no white wing patches or tail spots; one of the darkest nightjars; closely resembles dark rocky substrates …

Cayenne Nightjar

Bộ Lông

Brown and buff mottled above with dark vermiculations; pale buff below with darker barring; white throat patch in male; outer tail spots white; data deficient; known from only a handful …

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About These Birds

Blackish Nightjar

A small, very dark Caprimulgidae nightjar (~36 g) of rocky outcrops and boulder-strewn habitat in northern South America from Venezuela to northeastern Brazil. Dark sooty-brown plumage blends with dark rocks. Roosts motionless on stones by day. Hunts small insects at night. Least Concern in its rocky habitat.

Cayenne Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~47 g) from coastal French Guiana and adjacent Suriname. Known from only a handful of specimens; biology essentially unknown. Mottled brown plumage presumed cryptic in leaf litter. Presumed nocturnal insectivore. Data Deficient due to extreme rarity of confirmed records in the wild.

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