Australian Owlet-Nightjar
Nocturnal...across Australia and
southern New Guinea...most common
and best known of the owlet-nightjars.
southern New Guinea...most common
and best known of the owlet-nightjars.
Aegotheles cristatus
(L 8.7")
Deniliquin district
27Oct2015
Eleven owlet-nightjar
species are found in the
family Aegothelidae genus
Aegotheles.
species are found in the
family Aegothelidae genus
Aegotheles.
- exculively Australasian.
In Yorkshire nightjars were said to
be the souls of unbaptised
children, condemned to wander
the world forever.
be the souls of unbaptised
children, condemned to wander
the world forever.
(Jane Borodale)
Aegotheles is Greek for goat-
sucker, i.e., nightjar; cristatus
is Latin for crest.
sucker, i.e., nightjar; cristatus
is Latin for crest.
© Marc Anderson
xeno-canto
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