Mountain Owlet-nightjar
Aegotheles albertisi
A small owlet-nightjar of montane forests. Dark head, pale collar, barred back and tail. A rufous morph also occurs. Day-roosting birds are sometimes found in dense thickets. May overlap with Wallace’s Owlet-nightjar, which lacks the pale collar, and Vogelkop Owlet-nightjar, which has a barred chest. Call, a sharp falling “wek!” or “wek-wek!” sounding like a squeaky toy or given as a raspy note.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Aegotheles albertisi
- Authority
- Sclater, PL, 1874
- Order
- Aegotheliformes
- Family
- Aegothelidae
- Genus
- Aegotheles
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
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