#Aegotheles cristatus

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Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)

© Kel Grunsell

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Australian owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus). Mount Hope, New South Wales, Australia.

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Could we get some owlet nightjar love?

Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus), family Aegothelidae, order Aegotheliformes, found in various areas across Australia

These birds are not nightjars. The owlet-nightjars are not in the nightjar order Caprimulgiformes, but are in their own order.

They are not as closely related to nightjars or frogmouths, as previously thought.

photos:  Tropical Birding Tours & JJ Harrison

Vogelkop Owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles affinis), family Aegothelidae, order Aegotheliformes, New Guinea

photograph by JJ Harrison

Mountain Owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles albertisi), family Aegothelidae, order Aegotheliformes, found in the highlands of New Guinea

photograph by JJ Harrison

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Australian Owlet-nightjar

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Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) © Ron Knight

It hatches from brown, large, long, and nocturnal eggs.

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Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)

Colloquially known as the moth owl, the Australian owlet-nightjar is native to Australia and southern New Guinea. It is the most common nocturnal bird in Australia and feeds mainly on insects.

(Photos by David Cook, Nik Borrow, Steve Dew, and David Cook)

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Australian Owlet Nighjar by birdsaspoetry Australian Owlet Nightjar, Aegotheles cristatus +=============+ These enigmatic little birds occasionally sit in the open. I'm certain we didn't disturb it out of a hole, it perhaps was enjoying some early morning spring sunshine. http://ift.tt/2yHoi7m

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Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)

© Kel Grunsell

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Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus), family Aegothelidae, Mount Hope, New South Wales, Australia

photograph by JJ Harrison 

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Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)

© Martin Anderson

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Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)

© Nik Mulconray

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Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus), family Aegothelidae, order Aegotheliformes, Darwin, NT, Australia

These birds are not nightjars/ The owlet-nightjars are not in the nightjar order Caprimulgiformes, but are in their own order.

They are not as closely related to nightjars or frogmouths, as previously thought.

photograph by Tropical Birding Tours

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Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus), family Aegothelidae, Terrick national Park, Victoria, Australia

photograph by Suzanne Barker 

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Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus), family Aegothelidae, Castlereigh Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia

photograph by JJ Harrison 

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Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)

© Bill O’Brien