Owlet-nightjars (Aegothelidae)
Moluccan Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles crinifrons) - HBW 5, p. 263
French: Égothèle des Moluques
German: Molukkenschwalm
Spanish: Egotelo Moluqueño
Other common names: Halmahera/Long-whiskered/Painted Owlet-nightjar
Taxonomy: Batrachostomus crinifrons Bonaparte, 1850, no locality = Halmahera.
Possibly forms a superspecies with A. insignis and A. tatei. Monotypic.
Distribution: Halmahera, Kasiruta and Bacan in N Moluccas.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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one spotlighted at night on a branch looking around Locality Kali Batu Putih, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 3 September 2004 2 years ago 1 min 6 sec 4.3 -
A torch lit bird perched in a tree. Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 21 August 2011 35 weeks ago 26 sec 3.5
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