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Owlet-nightjar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Also called owlet moth. any of numerous dull-colored moths of the family Noctuidae, the larvae of which include the armyworms and cutworms. ... Also called owlet moth. adj. Of, relating to, or belonging to the family Noctuidae. [From New Latin Noctuidae, family name, from Noctua, type genus, from Latin noctua, night owl;
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Enigmatic Owlet-Nightjar, New Caledonia Owlet Frogmouth, New Caledonian Owlet Nightjar, New Caledonian Owlet-Nightjar ... crinifrons (Long-Whiskered Owlet-Nightjar) · A. cristatus (Australian Owlet-Nightjar) · A. cristatus cristatus (Murchison Owlet-Nightjar) · A. cristatus leucogaster (Owlet Nightjar) · A.
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New Caledonian Owlet Frogmouth Aegotheies Savesi, 2003 ... 40" X 27"; Pastels, soil drawing ... ©2006 Corinne Jones Previous Home Next New Caledonian Owlet Frogmouth...
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The frogmouths, oilbird, potoos, owlet frogmouths, and nightjars are five unusual families of birds that make up the order Caprimulgiformes, and are collectively referred to as caprimulgids. ... Caprimulgids have a large head, with a short but wide beak that can open with an enormous gape, fringed by long, stiff bristles.
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New Caledonia Owlet Frogmouth Aegotheles Savesi 1880 New Caledonia (Is.) Sp Prx; Least Pauraque Siphonorhis Brewsteri <100 Sp End; Jamaican Pauraque Siphonorhis Americanus 1859 Jamaica Sp Ext; Hook-Billed Hermit Glaucis Dohrnii Sp End;
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List of Birds that Have Recently Gone Extinct ... Common Name Scientific Name Distribution Ex-Date ... New Caledonian Owlet-frogmouth Aegotheles savesi New Caledonia 1880...
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; [CITIES-listed Endangered Species] ... BIRDCHAT archives -- February 2002, week 1 (#66): One found in forest near Thulo Syabru. ... CONSERVATION: Asian Barred Owlet...
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Other common names: Large/Reddish/Rufous Owlet-nightjar, Rufous Owlet-frogmouth. Taxonomy: Aegotheles insignis Salvadori, 1875, Hatam, Arfak Mountains, ...
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New Caledonia Owlet Frogmouth (Aegotheles savesi) ... last collected in 1880 on New Caledonia; MAY STILL EXIST IN REMOTE HILLS ... tree-dwelling montane forest nocturnal carnivore endemic to New Caledonia...
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