New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar
Aegotheles savesiLayard, EL; Layard, ELC, 1881
English (US) New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar
The New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles savesi) 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: known from two old specimens and a possible 1998 sightingRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aegotheles savesi
- Order
- Aegotheliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar
- Described by
- Layard, EL; Layard, ELC, 1881
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- AEgotheles savesi
- Described by
- Layard, EL; Layard, ELC, 1881
- Type locality
- Tongue, near Noumea, New Caledonia.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.4, vol.5, no.17 p.132 pl.5
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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