Species profile
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Aegotheles cristatus
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AU. Breeding subregions are sc, se New Guinea, Australia and Tasmania.
- Scientific name
- Aegotheles cristatus
- Family
- Aegothelidae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Genus
- Aegotheles
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Australian Owlet-nightjar in your journal
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Related species in Aegothelidae
- Barred Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles bennettii)
- Feline Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles insignis)
- Moluccan Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles crinifrons)
- Mountain Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles albertisi)
- New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles savesi)
- New Zealand owlet-nightjar (Megaegotheles novaezealandiae)
- Quipollornis koniberi (Quipollornis koniberi)
- Starry Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles tatei)