Wallaces Owlet-nightjar (aegotheles wallacii)

Wallaces Owlet-nightjar

[order] APODIFORMES | [family] aegothelidae | [latin] aegotheles wallacii | [UK] Wallaces Owlet-nightjar | [FR] aegothele de Wallace | [DE] Fleckenschwalm | [ES] Egotelo de Wallace | [NL] Wallace’s Dwergnachtzwaluw

Subspecies

GenusSpeciessubspeciesBreeding RangeBreeding Range 2Non Breeding Range
AegotheleswallaciiAUNew Guinea
Aegotheleswallaciigigass New Guinea, Weyland Mts. (wc New Guinea)
Aegotheleswallaciimannin New Guinea
Aegotheleswallaciiwallaciinw and sc New Guinea, Aru Is.

Physical charateristics

Patterned brown, grey, rufous, buff and black. Large head, large forward-facing eyes within a facial disk, rounded wings, small legs and feet, long toes that bear long claws.

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Range

Australasia : New Guinea. Aegotheles wallacii is known only from New Guinea (Papua, formerly Irian Jaya, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).

Habitat

It is a hill-forest species which has been recorded below 1,540 m.

Reproduction

This species nest in holes, no further data.

Feeding habits

The diet includes insects such as spiders and millipedes.

Conservation

It has been recorded from the Aru islands and Vogelkop in the far west across to Karimui in central Papua New Guinea. It is known from few specimens and very few recent observations; the paucity of records largely results from the extremely unobtrusive nature of the genus, and its call is poorly known. As a result its status cannot be assessed from the current data.
Wallaces Owlet-nightjar status Data Deficient

Migration

Presumably sedentary

Distribution map

Wallaces Owlet-nightjar distribution range map

Updated: June 12, 2011 — 10:51 pm

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