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The Australian owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) is a nocturnal bird found in open woodland across Australia and in southern New Guinea. It is colloquially known as the moth owl. It is the most common nocturnal bird in Australia, and despite suffering from predation and competition by introduced species it is not considered threatened. [1]
Owlet-nightjars are insectivores which hunt mostly in the air but sometimes on the ground; their soft plumage is a cryptic mixture of browns and paler shades, they have fairly small, weak feet (but larger and stronger than those of a frogmouth or a nightjar), a tiny bill that opens extraordinarily wide, surrounded by prominent whiskers. The ...
Australian owlet-nightjar; From scientific name of a bird: This is a redirect from a scientific name of a bird (or group of birds) to a vernacular ("common") name.
The Karimui owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles terborghi) is a species of bird in the owlet-nightjar family Aegothelidae.It is found in montane eastern New Guinea.. It was formally described in 1967 by the American scientist Jared Diamond based on a single specimen that had been collected in the Karimui basin of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
In this case Apodimorphae is a subclade of Strisores that includes the orders Aegotheliformes (only including the owlet-nightjars of Australasia) and the Apodiformes (the swifts, treeswifts, and hummingbirds which have a global distribution). [2] [4] [6] The name Daedalornithes [1] is also been used for the owlet-night-apodiform clade ...
The barred owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles bennettii) is a species of bird in the owlet-nightjar family Aegothelidae.It is found in New Guinea.The species was originally thought to be the same species as the Australian owlet-nightjar, until that species was found within the range of the barred owlet-nightjar.
The New Caledonian owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles savesi), also known as the enigmatic owlet-nightjar, is a large owlet-nightjar with vermiculated grey-brown and black plumage. It has a long, slightly rounded tail, short, rounded wings, and long, stout legs. Its voice is unknown, but other owlet-nightjar species make churring and whistling sounds.
Crepuscular birds include the common nighthawk, barn owl, [19] owlet-nightjar, chimney swift, American woodcock, spotted crake, white-breasted waterhen, [20] European nightjars, [8] and common buzzards. [21] Many moths, beetles, flies, and other insects are crepuscular and vespertine.