Eye nightjar
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Nightjar ( Nyctiphrynus ocellatus ) |
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The nightjar ( Nyctiphrynus ocellatus , syn. Caprimulgus ocellatus ) is a species of bird from the family of the nightjar (Caprimulgidae).
In the past, the species was regarded as conspecific with the Rosenberg nightjar , differing mainly in its reputation.
It occurs in Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Costa Rica , Ecuador , Honduras , Colombia , Nicaragua , Paraguay and Peru .
Their distribution area includes subtropical or tropical moist deep and mountain forests . Young secondary forest is also welcome
description
The very dark-colored nightjar is 20–21 cm tall, the male weighs between 35 and 43, the female between 29 and 44 g, the sexes hardly differ. The top and the wing covers are almost uniformly dark gray-brown, no neck band. It has a narrow white throat band, yellow-brown or red-brown limited spots on shoulder feathers and elytra with two white spots, otherwise no white. There are narrow white dots on the underside. In flight, narrow white tips of the outer control feathers become visible.
voice
The call of the male is described as repeated trilling "preeeo" or "prEEoo", called from the ground or from a low raised hide.
Geographic variation
The following subspecies are recognized:
- N. o. Lautus Miller, W & Griscom , 1925 - East Honduras, Northeast Nicaragua and Northwest Costa Rica, also in the Canal Zone in Panama
- N. o. Ocellatus ( Tschudi, 1844 ), nominate form - Colombia, northeast Ecuador and eastern Peru to Brazil and south via Bolivia and Paraguay to northeast Argentina
Way of life
The diet consists of moths , cockroaches , leaf locusts , fireflies and other beetles . The night swallow is nocturnal . It often rests on the ground on forest paths, and its prey is caught with a short flight.
The breeding season is between March and April in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, in December in Ecuador, and between September and November in Peru.
Hazardous situation
The night swallow is not considered to be endangered ( least concern ).
literature
- Johann Jakob von Tschudi: Avium conspectus quae in Republica Peruana repiuntur et pleraque observatae vel collectae sunt in itinere . In: Archives for Natural History . tape 10 , no. 1 , 1844, pp. 262-317 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
- Waldron DeWitt Miller, Ludlow Griscom: Descriptions of new birds from Nicaragua . In: American Museum Novitates . No. 159 , 1925, pp. 1–9 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 844 kB ]).
Web links
- Videos, photos, and sound recordings of Nyctiphrynus ocellatus in the Internet Bird Collection
Individual evidence
- ↑ Avibase
- ↑ a b c d e Handbook of the Birds of the World
- ↑ a b c R. Garrigues, R. Dean: The Birds of Costa Rica. Ithaca: 2007. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9
- ↑ GR Angehr, R. Dean: The Birds of Panama. Ithaca: 2010 ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7
- ↑ IOC World Bird List frogmouths, oilbird, potoos, nightjars
- ↑ Waldron DeWitt Miller et al. a., p. 1.
- ↑ Johann Jakob von Tschudi, p. 268.
- ^ M. McMullan: Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia Rey Naranjo Editores, 2018, ISBN 978-958-8969-77-0
- ↑ Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- ^ IUCN Redlist