Australian Owlet-nightjar Back, Grey Morph | Australian Owlet-nightjar Hiding in a Hollow | |||||
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: | Profile, Grey 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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