Tawny-collared Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Antrostomus salvini 对比 Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Tawny-collared Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
学名 Antrostomus salvini Chordeiles acutipennis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 33.8 cm (13.3 in) 33.0 cm (13.0 in)
体重 56.0 g (1.98 oz) 50.0 g (1.76 oz)
食性 Aerial insectivore; hawks moths and beetles at night over Central American forest and forest edge. Hawks small flying insects at dusk and dawn over North and South American arid scrub …
产卵数 2 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Tawny-collared Nightjar only

Lesser Nighthawk only

Song & Call Comparison

Tawny-collared Nightjar

鸣唱

Loud 'WHEEP' or 'weet' repeated at intervals; sharp, whistled call; carries through Mexican highland forest; higher-pitched than Chuck-will's-widow; distinctive sharp quality

Lesser Nighthawk

鸣唱

Loud purring trill; buzzy 'brrrrr' given in flight; lower and softer than Common Nighthawk; males display with booming wingbeats; calls at dusk over deserts

Geographic Range & Migration

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Resident of tropical dry forest and scrub in eastern Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco) and northern Central America.

Lesser Nighthawk

Breeds in open arid scrub from southwestern USA south through Central America to western South America; winters in Mexico and northern South America.

保护状况

Least Concern

Tawny-collared Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Tawny-collared Nightjar

羽毛

Brown and buff mottled above; distinctive tawny-buff collar encircling hindneck diagnostic; white gorget in male; pale buff underparts with dark barring; white outer tail spots in male; Mexican dry forests.

Lesser Nighthawk

羽毛

Brown and buff mottled above; buff-white below with brown barring; white throat in male; white wing bar closer to wingtip than in Common Nighthawk; buff tail band. Female with buff …

About These Birds

Tawny-collared Nightjar

A medium-small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~56 g) of humid foothill and montane forest edges in northeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. Named for its tawny hindneck collar. Brown-mottled plumage; males have white tail corners. Roosts on the ground; feeds nocturnally on insects. Least Concern.

Lesser Nighthawk

小夜鹰(Chordeiles acutipennis)是一种体重约50克的夜鹰科鸟类,栖息于从美国西南部和墨西哥到哥斯达黎加的荒漠、半干旱灌木丛和开阔林地,冬季迁徙至南美洲。在地面营巢,体色斑驳褐色,具出色的隐蔽性,以昆虫为食。

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