Vogelkop Owlet-nightjar

Aegotheles affinis

Near Threatened

The Vogelkop Owlet-nightjar is a little-known nocturnal bird of the Bird's Head Peninsula in northwestern New Guinea. It is associated with forested mountain areas, where it likely roosts in cavities and hunts insects after dark. Because records and population information are limited, it is treated as Data Deficient.

Family

Aegothelidae

Group

Owlet-nightjars

Range

Vogelkop Owlet-nightjar Range — The Arfak Mountains and Bird's Head Peninsula of northwestern New Guinea

Population

≈ Unknown

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