Starry Owlet-nightjar
Aegotheles tateiRand, AL, 1941
English (US) Starry Owlet-nightjar
The Starry Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles tatei) 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: lowlands of central and eastern New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aegotheles tatei
- Order
- Aegotheliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Starry Owlet-nightjar
- Described by
- Rand, AL, 1941
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Aegotheles insignis tatei
- Described by
- Rand, AL, 1941
- Type locality
- Palmer Junction, Papua
- Original description
- American Museum Novitates no.1102 p.10
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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