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Species profile—Aegotheles cristatus (Australian owlet-nightjar)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Aegothelidae (owlet nightjars) → Aegotheles cristatus (Australian owlet-nightjar)

Photo of Aegotheles cristatus (Australian owlet-nightjar) - Jones, K.,Ken Jones,2017
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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Aegothelidae (owlet nightjars)
Scientific name
Aegotheles cristatus (Shaw, 1790)
Common name
Australian owlet-nightjar
WildNet taxon ID
1973
Alternate name(s)
moth owl
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Back on Track (BoT) status
Low
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Terrestrial

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1973

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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