Sombre Nightjar vs Archbold's Nightjar

Caprimulgus fraenatus 对比 Eurostopodus archboldi

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Sombre Nightjar Archbold's Nightjar
学名 Caprimulgus fraenatus Eurostopodus archboldi
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 32.4 cm (12.8 in) 41.0 cm (16.1 in)
体重 60.0 g (2.12 oz) 77.0 g (2.72 oz)
食性 Feeds at night on flying insects including moths and beetles; hunts with buoyant erratic flight … Aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in nocturnal flight over New Guinea montane forest.
产卵数 1-2 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Sombre Nightjar only

Archbold's Nightjar only

Song & Call Comparison

Sombre Nightjar

鸣唱

Monotonous churring trill; repetitive 'churr' at moderate tempo from East African scrub; lower-pitched and less musical than some relatives; calls persistently at night

Archbold's Nightjar

鸣唱

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Sombre Nightjar

Found across East Africa from Ethiopia and Somalia south to Tanzania. Resident in dry acacia scrub, thornbush, and arid savanna at low elevations.

Archbold's Nightjar

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

保护状况

Least Concern

Sombre Nightjar

Least Concern

Archbold's Nightjar

How to Tell Them Apart

Sombre Nightjar

羽毛

Uniformly dark sooty-brown upperparts with dense blackish vermiculations; pale buff supercilium and narrow white submoustachial stripe; underparts barred buff and dark brown. Sexes similar.

Archbold's Nightjar

羽毛

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

Sombre Nightjar

雀斑夜鹰变种,体长23–25厘米,分布于撒哈拉以南非洲(埃塞俄比亚至南非),栖息于开阔林地和稀树草原。

Archbold's Nightjar

体重约77克的小型夜鹰,栖息于新几内亚内陆的亚高山草地。以理查德·阿奇博尔德命名。

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