Owlet Nightjars

2day's #bhlpod is from our Bk of the Wk. Aegotheles savesi biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16251388 first described in Ibis' 1881 vol. Only 2 specimens known!

Owlet Nightjar peering out from its hollow at Campbell Park.It wasn't visible half an hour before (nor half an hour later). My guess is something had recently disturbed it and put it on full alert.

DescriptionAPI Mountain Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles albertisi) Papua New Guinea Date 5 October 2008, 09:13 Source Mountain Owlet-Nightjar Author markaharper1

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: Green=Year-Round, Yellow=Summer, Blue=Winter. Source: Self-Generated from eBird Basic Dataset 2015. Date 15 November 2015 Source Own work Author Imagesincommons

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: « Aegotheles savesi » = Aegotheles savesi (New Caledonian owlet-nightjar) Français: « Aegotheles savesi » = Aegotheles savesi (Égothèle calédonien) Date 1881 Source The Ibis, ser. 4, vol. 5 Author Joseph Smit (1836–1929) Description Dutch artist Date of birth/death 18 July 1836 4 November 1929 Location of birth/death Lisse Radlett, Hertfordshire, England Work location London Authority control : Q246595 VIAF: 107451427 GND: 101292467X SUDOC: 09863416X

DescriptionAPI Aegotheles cristatus English: An Australian Owlet-nightjar in Wollombi Valley, New South Wales, Australia. The photograph is a bit washed out due to headlights and standby (old) camera with flash (taken at about 10pm). Date 17 March 2010, 21:59:09 Source originally posted to Flickr as Australian Owlet-nightjar Author Peter Firminger Permission (Reusing this file) This image, which was originally posted to Flickr, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 17 April 2010, 11:03 by Snowmanradio. On that date, it was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the license indicated. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 CC BY 2.0 Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 truetrue Camera location 32° 57′ 45.28″ S, 151° 06′ 26.67″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth -32.962578; 151.107407

Synoptic skeleton image, Aegotheles cristatus, female, femur, caudal

Synoptic skeleton image, Aegotheles crinifrons, male, carpometacarpus, dorsal

Aegotheles cristatus (I think) See the size compared to the ant behind it... A bit washed out due to headlights and standby (old) camera with flash (taken at about 10pm). Beautiful bird.

An Owlet Nightjar resting in a hollow.

DescriptionAPI Barred Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles bennettii) Date 2 September 2008, 03:57 Source Barred Owlet-Nightjar Author markaharper1

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI Aegotheles cristatus English: Two Australian Owlet-nightjars in a nest in Canberra, Australia. Date 26 January 2011 Source Picasa Web Albums Author Duncan McCaskill

Synoptic skeleton image, Aegotheles cristatus, female, radius, dorsal

Synoptic skeleton image, Aegotheles crinifrons, male, coracoid, dorsal

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: « Aegotheles savesi » = Aegotheles savesi (New Caledonian owlet-nightjar) Français: « Aegotheles savesi » = Aegotheles savesi (Égothèle calédonien) Date 1881 Source The Ibis, ser. 4, vol. 5 Author Joseph Smit (1836–1929) Description Dutch artist Date of birth/death 18 July 1836 4 November 1929 Location of birth/death Lisse Radlett, Hertfordshire, England Work location London Authority control : Q246595 VIAF: 107451427 GND: 101292467X SUDOC: 09863416X

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI Aegotheles cristatus English: A Australian Owlet-nightjar in a nest in Canberra, Australia. Date 26 January 2011 Source Picasa Web Albums Author Duncan McCaskill

Synoptic skeleton image, Aegotheles cristatus, female, radius, ventral

Synoptic skeleton image, Aegotheles crinifrons, male, coracoid, ventral

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI Aegotheles cristatus English: Two Australian Owlet-nightjars in a nest in Canberra, Australia. Date 26 January 2011 Source Picasa Web Albums Author Duncan McCaskill

DescriptionAPI Australian Owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) Capertee Valley,Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia 10th. February 2008 690V1563 Date 10 February 2008, 10:19:20 Source Flickr: Australian Owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) Author Lip Kee Permission (Reusing this file) This image, which was originally posted to Flickr, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 4 February 2012, 21:14 by Kersti Nebelsiek. On that date, it was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the license indicated. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 CC BY-SA 2.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 truetrue

Synoptic skeleton image, Aegotheles crinifrons, male, furcula, caudal

The factual accuracy of this description or the file name is disputed. Reason: This picture is of a tawny frogmouth DescriptionAPI From Wikipedia - The Australian Owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles cristatus, is a nocturnal bird found in open woodland across Australia and in southern New Guinea. It is colloquially known as "Moth Owl". It is the most common of the owlet-nightjars, and the best known of this secretive family. It is the most common nocturnal bird in Australia, and despite suffering from predation and competition by introduced species it is not considered threatened. Date 27 January 2007, 04:55:51 Source Flickr: Australian Owlet-nightjar Author Leonora Enking Permission (Reusing this file) This image, which was originally posted to Flickr, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 4 February 2012, 21:16 by Kersti Nebelsiek. On that date, it was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the license indicated. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 CC BY-SA 2.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 truetrue

Synoptic skeleton image, Aegotheles cristatus, female, femur, cranial

Synoptic skeleton image, Aegotheles crinifrons, male, furcula, lateral