Mountain Owlet-nightjar
Aegotheles albertisiSclater, PL, 1874
English (US) Mountain Owlet-nightjar
The Mountain Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles albertisi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Aegothelidae (Owlet-nightjars) in the order Aegotheliformes.
Range: mountains of New Guinea, from the Bird's Head Peninsula, the Wandammen Mountains, and the Foja Mountains, through central New Guinea to the Huon and southeastern peninsulasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aegotheles albertisi
- Order
- Aegotheliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Mountain Owlet-nightjar
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1874
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- AEgotheles albertisi
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1874
- Type locality
- Atam, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873, pt.3 p.696
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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