Species profile—Aegotheles cristatus (Australian owlet-nightjar)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Aegothelidae (owlet nightjars) → Aegotheles cristatus (Australian owlet-nightjar)
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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 AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.