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Australian Owlet-nightjar
Back, Rufous Morph
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| Australian Owlet-nightjar Back, Rufous Morph | | Australian Owlet-nightjar Back, Grey Morph | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
-cristatus.JPG "Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles (Aegotheles) cristatus ssp cristatus)") | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | ||||||||||||||
| Order: | Owlet-nightjars (Apodiformes) | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Owlet-nightjar (Aegothelidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
| Species: | Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles (Aegotheles) cristatus ssp cristatus)| This Photo: | Head, Rufous Morph | Other name: | Owlet-nightjar | Thank you Brendan Duggan & (BLawson) for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Nests in hollows. Huge eyes. Lovely grey tones down the back with a buff circle around the eyes.
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