Species profile
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar
Aegotheles wallacii
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AU. Breeding subregions are Waigeo (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea), Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea), Bird's Head (nw New Guinea) and patchily in New Guinea.
- Scientific name
- Aegotheles wallacii
- Family
- Aegothelidae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Genus
- Aegotheles
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Wallace's Owlet-nightjar in your journal
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Related species in Aegothelidae
- Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)
- 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)