Wallace's owlet-nightjar

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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.

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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
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It is named after Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, and biologist.[2]

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