Barred Owlet-nightjar (aegotheles bennettii)

Barred Owlet-nightjar

[order] APODIFORMES | [family] aegothelidae | [latin] aegotheles bennettii | [UK] Barred Owlet-nightjar | [FR] aegothele barre | [DE] Bennettschwalm | [ES] Egotelo Barrado | [NL] Bennetts Dwergnachtzwaluw

Subspecies

GenusSpeciessubspeciesBreeding RangeBreeding Range 2Non Breeding Range
AegothelesbennettiiAUNew Guinea
Aegothelesbennettiibennettiise New Guinea, Aru I.
AegothelesbennettiiplumiferusD’Entrecasteaux Arch.
Aegothelesbennettiiterborghisc New Guinea
Aegothelesbennettiiwiedenfeldin New Guinea

Physical charateristics

Upperparts are dark brown to blackish with narrow light lines; underparts are pale gray to whitish buff with broad bars and spots. Sexes are similar.

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Range

Australasia : New Guinea. South Coast and South East New Guinea

Habitat

Lowland forests and edges up to 1000m

Reproduction

No data

Feeding habits

No data

Conservation

This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence greater than 20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion ( over 10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Barred Owlet-nightjar status Least Concern

Migration

Presumably sedentary

Distribution map

Barred Owlet-nightjar distribution range map

Updated: June 12, 2011 — 10:47 pm

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