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Alternative name: Salvadori's Owlet nightjar

Aegotheles affinis

Identification

Distribution

New Guinea and some sourrounding islands.

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

Two subspecies are recognized:

  • A. b. affinis:
  • A. b. terborghi:

It was formerly considered conspecific with Barred Owlet-nightjar.

Habitat

Moist forests.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Birdforum thread discussing taxonomy of Nightjars and Frogmouths.

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