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.
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