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: Aegotheliformes
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
  1. 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.
  2. 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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