Wallace's owlet-nightjar
Species of bird From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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