Red-necked Nightjar vs Papuan Nightjar

Caprimulgus ruficollis 对比 Eurostopodus papuensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Red-necked Nightjar Papuan Nightjar
学名 Caprimulgus ruficollis Eurostopodus papuensis
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保护状况 Near Threatened Least Concern
体长
翼展 39.6 cm (15.6 in) 37.9 cm (14.9 in)
体重 86.33333333333333 g (3.05 oz) 80.5 g (2.84 oz)
食性 Hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at night over Iberian and North African scrub … Hawks large flying insects, especially moths, at night over Papuan forest and savanna.
产卵数 1-2 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Red-necked Nightjar only

Papuan Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Red-necked Nightjar

鸣唱

Loud, resonant 'cut-CHER-cut' or 'cotcorotcot'; far-carrying hollow knocking; churring trill between phrases; calls from scrubby Mediterranean habitats at night

Papuan Nightjar

鸣唱

Churring, repetitive nocturnal call; soft bubbling trill; melodic series of hollow notes; calls from low perch or ground in New Guinea lowland forest

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Geographic Range & Migration

Red-necked Nightjar

Breeds on the Iberian Peninsula, Morocco, and northwestern Algeria; long-distance migrant wintering in sub-Saharan West Africa from Senegal to Guinea.

Papuan Nightjar

Resident of savanna woodland, grass, and scrub in lowland New Guinea (Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).

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保护状况

Near Threatened

Red-necked Nightjar

Least Concern

Papuan Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Red-necked Nightjar

羽毛

Large nightjar; grey-brown mottled above; rufous-orange hindneck collar diagnostic; white throat patch in male; white spots on wing coverts and outer tail in male; buff equivalents in female.

Papuan Nightjar

羽毛

Dark grey-brown finely vermiculated with buff and black; pale buff and rufous throat patch; pale supercilium; no white wing patches; tail barred brown and buff; cryptically patterned bark-mimicking plumage.

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About These Birds

Red-necked Nightjar

红颈夜鹰,约86克,繁殖于伊比利亚半岛和西北非洲,棕红色颈环,近危。

Papuan Nightjar

小型夜鹰(约81克)。分布于新几内亚南部低地。无危。

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