Wallace's owlet-nightjar
Wallace's owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles wallacii) is a species of bird in the family Aegothelidae. It is found in New Guinea.
| Wallace's owlet-nightjar | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Aegothelidae |
| Genus: | Aegotheles |
| Species: | A. wallacii |
| Binomial name | |
| Aegotheles wallacii Gray, 1859 | |
It is named after Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, and biologist.[2]
References
- BirdLife International. 2017. Aegotheles wallacii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22689568A118125873. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22689568A118125873.en. Downloaded on 31 December 2018.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 357–358.
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