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Nightjar, Australian Owlet

Aegotheles cristatus


Rarely seen by day unless accidently flushed from a tree
hollow. Sedentary in most treed habitats across Australia but avoids
rainforest. Nocturnal, feeding at night and spending the day inside a tree
hollow.

The Australian Bird Guide, Peter Menkhorst et al

Classifications: Bird, forest and grassland
Family: Aegothelidae (Owlet Nightjars)
Information sources: Photo taken at Mt Ossa by Robert Werner

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