Wallace's Owlet-nightjar
Aegotheles wallaciiGray, GR, 1859
English (US) Wallace's Owlet-nightjar
The Wallace's Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles wallacii) 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: very local in forest of western and central New Guinea, including Aru IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aegotheles wallacii
- Order
- Aegotheliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wallace's Owlet-nightjar
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1859
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1859
- Type locality
- Dorey [now Manokwari] New Guinea.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.27, no.2 p.154
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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