Common Names
Common Names in English:
Starry Owlet-nightjar
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
)
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
)
- Superorder:
Strigimorphae
(
)
- Order:
Strigiformes
(
)
- Wagler, 1830
- Owls
- Suborder:
Aegotheli
(
)
- Family:
Aegothelidae
(
)
- Genus:
Aegotheles
(
)
- Specific name:
tatei
- Rand, 1941
- Scientific name: - Aegotheles tatei Rand, 1941
- Specific name:
tatei
- Rand, 1941
- Genus:
Aegotheles
(
- Family:
Aegothelidae
(
- Suborder:
Aegotheli
(
- Order:
Strigiformes
(
- Superorder:
Strigimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Aegotheles
There are approximately 36 species in this genus:
A. affinis (Upland Barred Owlet-Nightjar) · A. affinis affinis · A. affinis terborghi · A. albertisi (Mountain Owlet-Nightjar) · A. albertisii · A. albertisi albertisi (Mountain Owlet-Nightjar) · A. albertisi salvadorii · A. albertisi wondiwoi · A. archboldi (Eastern Mountain Owlet-Nightjar) · A. bennetti · A. bennettii (Barred Owlet-Nightjar) · A. bennettii affinis · A. bennettii bennettii (Barred Owlet-Nightjar) · A. bennettii plumiferus · A. bennettii terborghi · A. bennettii wiedenfeldi · A. bennetti wiedenfeldi · A. crinifrons (Long-Whiskered Owlet-Nightjar) · A. cristatus (Australian Owlet-Nightjar) · A. cristatus cristatus (Murchison Owlet-Nightjar) · A. cristatus leucogaster (Owlet Nightjar) · A. cristatus major · A. cristatus tasmanicus · A. dubius · A. insignis (Feline Owlet-Nightjar) · A. insignis pulcher · A. novae-hollandiae · A. novaezealandiae · A. salvadorii · A. savesi (New Caledonian Owlet-Nightjar) · A. tatei (Starry Owlet-Nightjar) · A. walacii · A. wallacii (Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar) · A. wallacii gigas · A. wallacii manni · A. wallacii wallacii (Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar)
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Further Reading
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. Aegotheles tatei. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5718430
- IUCN ID: 40468
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1026152
