Timor Nightjar vs Archbold's Nightjar

Caprimulgus ritae 对比 Eurostopodus archboldi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Timor Nightjar Archbold's Nightjar
学名 Caprimulgus ritae Eurostopodus archboldi
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保护状况 Not Evaluated Least Concern
体长
翼展 41.0 cm (16.1 in)
体重 77.0 g (2.72 oz)
食性 Feeds nocturnally on moths and beetles caught in sustained low hawking flights over open and … Aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in nocturnal flight over New Guinea montane forest.
产卵数 -- 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Timor Nightjar only

Archbold's Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Timor Nightjar

鸣唱

Poorly documented; presumed churring calls similar to Large-tailed Nightjar complex; vocalizations from Timor essentially unrecorded; calls at dusk from scrub

Archbold's Nightjar

鸣唱

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

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Geographic Range & Migration

Timor Nightjar

Endemic to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean. Resident in forest edge, secondary growth, and coastal scrub.

Archbold's Nightjar

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

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保护状况

Not Evaluated

Timor Nightjar

Least Concern

Archbold's Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Timor Nightjar

羽毛

Dark sooty-brown upperparts densely patterned with blackish streaks and pale buff spots; whitish throat band; underparts buff with dark brown barring; restricted to Timor with limited information on plumage variation.

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.

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About These Birds

Timor Nightjar

帝汶夜鹰,帝汶岛(小巽他群岛)特有种,栖息于干燥季风林,相关数据有限。

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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