Owlet-nightjars (Aegothelidae)

Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) - HBW 5, p. 264

French: Égothèle d’Australie German: Baumschwalm Spanish: Egotelo Australiano
Other common names: Crested/Savanna Owlet-nightjar

Taxonomy: Caprimulgus cristatus Shaw et al., 1790, New South Wales = Sydney area.
Apparently a close relative of A. bennettii, and formerly considered conspecific; A. bennettii affinis sometimes erroneously included within present species. Variation complex, but much of it clinal, with largest birds in N of range; population in S New Guinea formerly treated as separate race, major, but appears to represent no more than end-point of size cline of nominate form; several other races listed in old literature are based on individual or polymorphic variation in coloration. Two subspecies currently recognized.

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