Owlet-nightjars (Aegothelidae)

Spangled Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles tatei) - HBW 5, p. 263

French: Égothèle de Tate German: Tiefland-Käuzchenschwalm Spanish: Egotelo de Rand
Other common names: Rand’s Owlet-nightjar

Taxonomy: Aegotheles insignis tatei Rand, 1941, low elevations at headwaters of Fly River, New Guinea.
Possibly forms a superspecies with A. insignis and A. crinifrons. Formerly treated as lowland race of A. insignis, but recent studies indicate that it is a separate species (see page 253). Monotypic.

Distribution: EC New Guinea at headwaters of R Fly and Amazon Bay.