Puerto Rican Nightjar vs Spotted Nightjar

Antrostomus noctitherus 对比 Eurostopodus argus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Puerto Rican Nightjar Spotted Nightjar
学名 Antrostomus noctitherus Eurostopodus argus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保护状况 Vulnerable Least Concern
体长
翼展 26.5 cm (10.4 in) 42.7 cm (16.8 in)
体重 35.99 g (1.27 oz) 102.5 g (3.62 oz)
食性 Catches large flying insects, especially moths, at night over Puerto Rican dry limestone forest; endangered. Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian …
产卵数 1-2 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Puerto Rican Nightjar only

Spotted Nightjar only

Song & Call Comparison

Puerto Rican Nightjar

鸣唱

Sharp 'took' or 'took-WHEEER'; distinctive two-note call; calls from dry coastal forest of Puerto Rico; endangered; calls less frequently than mainland relatives

Spotted Nightjar

鸣唱

Loud churring 'good-lord-deliver-us' repeated at dusk; melodic bubbling quality; also emits hollow 'cow-cow-cow' series and soft frog-like croaking

Geographic Range & Migration

Puerto Rican Nightjar

Endemic to Puerto Rico; critically endangered resident of karst limestone scrub and dry forest in the southwestern part of the island.

Spotted Nightjar

Resident and partial migrant of open woodland, grassland, and scrub across mainland Australia and migrating to New Guinea and Indonesia in winter.

保护状况

Vulnerable

Puerto Rican Nightjar

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

How to Tell Them Apart

Puerto Rican Nightjar

羽毛

Small; grey-brown and buff mottled above with dark vermiculations; white gorget in male; pale buff barred underparts; white outer tail spots in male; buff tail in female; critically small range …

Spotted Nightjar

羽毛

Cryptically mottled grey-brown, rufous, and black with intricate vermiculations; distinctive large white spots on wing coverts; white throat patch; no white in wings or tail. Sexes similar with slight pattern …

About These Birds

Puerto Rican Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~36 g) endemic to the dry limestone coastal scrub of southwestern Puerto Rico. Cryptically patterned grey-brown. Restricted to a tiny area of suitable habitat; population estimated at a few hundred pairs. Feeds on insects at night. Vulnerable from habitat conversion and introduced predators.

Spotted Nightjar

中型夜鹰(约103克)。栖息于澳大利亚大陆的开阔林地和纺锤草草地。无危。

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