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Archbold's Owlet-nightjar - BirdForum Opus

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Aegotheles archboldi

Identification

18–20 cm

Similar Species

Very similar to Mountain Owlet-nightjar.

Distribution

Central New Guinea (Wissel Lakes region)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1], which in the past has been placed as a subspecies in Mountain Owlet-nightjar.
IOC no longer recognizes the species and includes it again in Mountain Owlet-nightjar, however not even as a subspecies.

Habitat

They inhabit mountainous forests at heights around 2062–3600 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Little is record, but they are known to east small insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2017. IOC World Bird Names (version 7.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)

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