Papuan Nightjar vs Todd's Nightjar

Eurostopodus papuensis 对比 Setopagis heterura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Papuan Nightjar Todd's Nightjar
学名 Eurostopodus papuensis Setopagis heterura
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 37.9 cm (14.9 in) 27.8 cm (10.9 in)
体重 80.5 g (2.84 oz) 36.5 g (1.29 oz)
食性 Hawks large flying insects, especially moths, at night over Papuan forest and savanna. Aerial insectivore; catches moths and beetles in nocturnal flight over South American savanna and scrub.
产卵数 1 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Papuan Nightjar only

Todd's Nightjar only

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Song & Call Comparison

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

Todd's Nightjar

鸣唱

Rapid churring trill; nasal 'trrr-trrr' phrases repeated at dusk; calls from savanna and open woodland; poorly documented; higher-pitched than most Setopagis

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Geographic Range & Migration

Papuan Nightjar

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

Todd's Nightjar

Resident of open woodland and savanna in Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, and the Guianas; also found in adjacent northern Brazil.

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保护状况

Least Concern

Papuan Nightjar

Least Concern

Todd's Nightjar

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How to Tell Them Apart

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.

Todd's Nightjar

羽毛

Brown and grey mottled with dark vermiculations; white throat patch in male; white spots on outer tail feathers in male; buff on throat and tail in female; no white wing …

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About These Birds

Papuan Nightjar

小型夜鹰(约81克)。分布于新几内亚南部低地。无危。

Todd's Nightjar

A small Caprimulgidae nightjar (~37 g) of open woodland and savanna in Trinidad and the Llanos of Venezuela and Colombia. Cryptically patterned brown-and-buff; white throat mark visible. Nocturnal; calls persistently at night. Feeds on flying insects. Similar to Spot-tailed but distinguished by call and range. Least Concern.

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