Aegotheles tatei Pratt, 2000

Spangled owlet-nightjar

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Last record: 1969

Rediscovered in 2003

IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient

Distribution

Papua New Guinea

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Pratt, T. K. 2000. Evidence for a previously unrecognized species of Owlet-nightjar. The Auk 117(1): 1-11.

Other references:

BirdLife International. 2016. Aegotheles tatei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22728459A104770154. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728459A104770154.en. Downloaded on 12 February 2017.

Cleere, N., and Nurney, D. 1998. Nightjars: a guide to nightjars and related nightbirds. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, U.K.

Olson, S. L.; Balouet, C.; Fisher, C. T. 1987. The owlet-night of New Caledonia, Aegotheles savesi, with comments on the systematics of the Aegothelidae. Le Gerfaut 77: 341-352.

Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]

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