Barred owlet-nightjar

Aegotheles bennettii

TAXONOMY

Aegotheles bennettii Salvadori and D'Albertis, 1875, Hall Sound, New Guinea. Five subspecies.

OTHER COMMON NAMES

English: Bennett's or collared owlet-nightjar; French: Égothèle de Bennett; German: Bennettschwalm; Spanish: Egotelo barrado.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

8–9 in (20–23 cm); 1.6–1.7 oz (45–47 g). Upperparts are dark brown to blackish with narrow light lines; underparts are pale gray to whitish buff with broad bars and spots. Sexes are similar.

DISTRIBUTION

New Guinea.

HABITAT

Lowland forests.

BEHAVIOR

Little known; roosts by day in tree hollows.

FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET

Not known.

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

Nest sites undescribed; eggs white.

CONSERVATION STATUS

Not threatened.

SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS

None known.