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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.
The New Caledonian nightjar (Eurostopodus exul) is a poorly known species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. Description
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 ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in New Caledonia. The avifauna of New Caledonia include a total of 226 species, of which 28 are endemic , and 13 have been introduced by humans. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the ...
White-throated nightjar, Eurostopodus mystacalis; New Caledonian white-throated nightjar, Eurostopodus (mystacalis) exsul – possibly extinct (mid-20th century) Papuan nightjar, Eurostopodus papuensis; Solomons nightjar, Eurostopodus nigripennis; Lyncornis: Malaysian eared nightjar, Lyncornis temminckii; Great eared nightjar, Lyncornis macrotis
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Solomons nightjar: Eurostopodus nigripennis Ramsay, EP, 1882: 3 New Caledonian nightjar: Eurostopodus exul Mayr, 1941: 4 Satanic nightjar: Eurostopodus diabolicus Stresemann, 1931: 5 Papuan nightjar: Eurostopodus papuensis (Schlegel, 1866) 6 Archbold's nightjar: Eurostopodus archboldi (Mayr & Rand, 1935) 7 Malaysian eared nightjar: Lyncornis ...