Moluccan Owlet-nightjar
Aegotheles crinifrons(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
English (US) Moluccan Owlet-nightjar
The Moluccan Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles crinifrons) 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: northern Moluccas (Halmahera, Kasiruta, and Bacan)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aegotheles crinifrons
- Order
- Aegotheliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Moluccan Owlet-nightjar
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Batrachostomus crinifrons
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
- Type locality
- No locality = Halmahera.
- Original description
- Conspectus generum avium 1 p.57
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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