Salvadori's Nightjar vs Lesser Nighthawk

Caprimulgus pulchellus 对比 Chordeiles acutipennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Salvadori's Nightjar Lesser Nighthawk
学名 Caprimulgus pulchellus Chordeiles acutipennis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 30.8 cm (12.1 in) 33.0 cm (13.0 in)
体重 57.5 g (2.03 oz) 50.0 g (1.76 oz)
食性 -- Hawks small flying insects at dusk and dawn over North and South American arid scrub …
产卵数 1-2 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Salvadori's Nightjar only

Lesser Nighthawk only

Song & Call Comparison

Salvadori's Nightjar

鸣唱

Churring trill; repetitive 'chrrr' from Sumatran highland forest; calls at night from mossy forest understory; moderate pitch; similar to but separable from Bornean species

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

Salvadori's Nightjar

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

Salvadori's Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Nighthawk

How to Tell Them Apart

Salvadori's Nightjar

羽毛

Attractively patterned dark brown and buff upperparts; warm buff supercilium and throat patch; rufous-buff spotting on wing coverts; underparts barred buff; montane Sundaland endemic with relatively rich coloration.

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

Salvadori's Nightjar

萨尔瓦多里夜鹰,体长24–26厘米,分布于苏门答腊和爪哇山地森林,易危(海拔1,000米以上栖息地丧失)。

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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