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 LC    Archbold's Owlet-Nightjar* Id (Atlas):
    Aegotheles archboldi

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Archbold's Owlet-Nightjar, Eastern Mountain Owlet-nightjar, Mountain Owlet-nightjar

Family
Aegothelidae (Owlet-nightjars)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Rand, 1941

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 2062 - 3600 m.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).

Central New Guinea: known only from Wissel Lakes area, Nassau Range, northern slope of Mt Wilhelmina and Victor Emanuel Mts.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Three mournful, down-slurred or constant whistles.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

 
Mountain Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles albertisi) [XC38360]
     by Phil Gregory from Kumul Lodge, Enga province, Papua New Guinea (call)

 
Mountain Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles albertisi) [XC38359]
     by Frank Lambert from Kumul Lodge, Enga province, Papua New Guinea (call)

Subspecies
Formerly treated as a subspecies of Mountain Owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles albertisi), but is apparently a sibling species, replacing it at higher elevations.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Archbolds Owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles archboldi) - 10 files


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