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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 | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Aegotheliformes |
Family: | Aegothelidae |
Genus: | Aegotheles |
Species: | A. wallacii |
Binomial name | |
Aegotheles wallacii G.R. Gray, 1859 | |
It is named after Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, and biologist.[2]
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