Heinrich's Nightjar vs Lesser Band-winged Nightjar

Eurostopodus diabolicus 对比 Systellura decussata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Heinrich's Nightjar Lesser Band-winged Nightjar
学名 Eurostopodus diabolicus Systellura decussata
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 39.9 cm (15.7 in) 26.6 cm (10.5 in)
体重 104.0 g (3.67 oz) 31.833333333333332 g (1.12 oz)
食性 Nocturnal aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in flight over Sulawesi forest; poorly known. Hawks flying insects at night over Andean and coastal scrub of Peru and northern Chile.
产卵数 1 --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Heinrich's Nightjar only

Lesser Band-winged Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

Heinrich's Nightjar

鸣唱

Haunting, hollow 'ku-WOO' repeated rhythmically; deep resonant quality; distinctive mournful whistle carrying through Sulawesi forest at night

Lesser Band-winged Nightjar

鸣唱

Soft 'tyuk' phrases; lighter and higher than Greater Band-winged; gentle churring trill; calls from Pacific coastal scrub at dusk; thin, reedy alarm note

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Geographic Range & Migration

Heinrich's Nightjar

Endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia; resident of montane forest; extremely rare and poorly known, with very few records.

Lesser Band-winged Nightjar

Resident of desert scrub, rocky hillsides, and coastal pampas in Peru and northern Chile; closely associated with arid Pacific slope.

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保护状况

Least Concern

Heinrich's Nightjar

Least Concern

Lesser Band-winged Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Heinrich's Nightjar

羽毛

Rufous-brown and dark brown mottled with buff vermiculations; large pale buff throat patch; pale buff supercilium; no white wing markings; tail darkly barred brown and buff. Poorly known; Sulawesi endemic.

Lesser Band-winged Nightjar

羽毛

Smaller than Greater Band-winged; brown and buff mottled with dark vermiculations; white wing bar across primaries; white throat in male; buff throat in female; white outer tail spots in male; …

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About These Birds

Heinrich's Nightjar

中型夜鹰(约104克),印度尼西亚苏拉威西特有种。夜行性食虫鸟。无危。

Lesser Band-winged Nightjar

A very small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~32 g) of coastal desert scrub and rocky slopes in Peru and northern Chile. Pale-buffy with fine vermiculations and a paler wing band. Restricted to very arid Pacific-slope habitats. Nocturnal; feeds on small insects. Little studied; Least Concern in its specialised desert range.

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