Small mirror nightjar
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Little mirror nightjar ( Systellura decussata ) |
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The little mirror nightjar ( Systellura decussata ) is a species of bird from the family of the nightjar (Caprimulgidae).
It occurs in western Peru and northern Chile (from Arica and Región de Tarapacá south to Quillagua ).
Until recently it was considered a subspecies of the great mirror nightjar, still in Avibase. In the other sources listed here, it is listed as an independent species due to its significantly different reputation, its smaller size with shorter wings and paler gray color.
Their distribution area includes dry bank regions and slopes, forest edges and clearings, open habitats with individual bushes up to 1300 m, but also urban areas.
description
The lesser mirror nightjar is quite small and pale feathered. It is 20–21 cm tall, the male weighs between 28 and 35, the female about 32 g. It resembles the great mirror nightjar, but is grayer and with a significantly less structured plumage pattern, the white wing stripes are narrower, the white of the tips of the tail feathers is shorter. It can be confused with the Texas nightjar , but it has a neck band, a tail protruding above the wing tips and no white on the throat.
voice
The male's call is described as a loud series of clear, slightly humming “cueeo” sounds.
Way of life
The food consists of (flying) insects . During the day it rests singly or in pairs on the ground and hunts at night.
The breeding season is between February and September in Venezuela and between March and November in Colombia.
Hazardous situation
The little mirror nightjar is not considered to be endangered ( least concern ).
literature
- N. Cleere : Nightjars: potoos, frogmouths, Oilbird and owlet-nightjars of the world. 2010, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, ISBN 978-0-691-14857-1
- Thomas S. Schulenberg, Douglas F. Stotz , Daniel F. Lane, John P. O'Neill, Theodore A. Parker III: Birds of Peru. Princeton University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-691-13023-1 , E-book ISBN 978-1-4008-3449-5
Individual evidence
- ↑ Avibase
- ↑ a b c d Handbook of the Birds of the World
- ↑ a b Peruaves
- ↑ a b c The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- ^ IUCN Redlist
Web links
- Videos, photos and sound recordings for Systellura decussata in the Internet Bird Collection