
Feline Owlet-nightjar
Aegotheles insignis
Least ConcernThe Feline Owlet-nightjar is a small nocturnal forest bird of New Guinea highlands. Like other owlet-nightjars, it roosts by day in cavities or dense cover and hunts insects at dusk and night with a broad gape and soft, cryptic plumage. It remains assessed as Least Concern, though much about its life history is still poorly known.
- Family
- Aegothelidae
- Group
- Owlet-nightjars
- Range
- Feline Owlet-nightjar Range — Montane forests of New Guinea
- Population
- ≈ Unknown