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Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Aegothelidae
Genus
Aegotheles
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Archbold's Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles archboldi

  • LC Least Concern
  • Names (10)
  • Monotypic
David T. Holyoak and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 26, 2012

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Recommended Citation

Holyoak, D.T. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Archbold's Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles archboldi), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.aronig1.01