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Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar

Aegotheles wallacii Gray, GR 1859

Wallace's owlet-nightjar is a species of bird in the family Aegothelidae. It is found in New Guinea. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Caprimulgiformes
Family:
  Aegothelidae
Genus:
   Aegotheles
Scientific:
  Aegotheles wallacii

Original description

Citation:
  Gray, GR 1859

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London Part 27(2) p.154

Protonym:
  Aegotheles wallacii

Type locality:
  Dorey [now Manokwari] New Guinea.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274564

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  27853C122875BFAC

Avibase ID:
  avibase-27853C12

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/27853C12

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 555507

Geographic range:

  • Aegotheles wallacii: patchily in New Guinea, including Waigeo (Raja Ampat Islands, northwest of New Guinea), and Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)
  • Aegotheles wallacii wallacii: western New Guinea, including Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)
  • Aegotheles wallacii manni: northern coastal mountains of New Guinea (Mount Menawa and Mount Turu)
  • Aegotheles wallacii gigas: Weyland Mountains (west-central New Guinea)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar
Catalan:
Egotel de Wallace
Czech:
lelčík skvrnitý
Danish:
Småplettet Uglesvale
German:
Fleckenhöhlenschwalm
Spanish:
Egotelo de Wallace
Spanish (Spain):
Egotelo de Wallace
Finnish:
arunkehrääjä
French:
Égothèle de Wallace
Croatian:
tamnoleđa sovašica
Hungarian:
foltos kuvikfecske
Italian:
Egotele di Wallace
Japanese (romaji):
wo-resuzukuyotaka
Japanese:
ウォーレスズクヨタカ
Lithuanian:
Voleso pelėdinis varliažiotis
Dutch:
Wallace' Dwergnachtzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Vatreuglesvale
Norwegian:
Vatreuglesvale
Polish:
sownik plamisty
Portuguese:
egotelo-malhado
Portuguese (Portugal):
noitibó-coruja-de-wallace
Russian:
Папуанский совиный козодой
Slovak:
lelčík svetloprsý
Serbian:
Volesov sovasti leganj
Swedish:
vattrad uggleskärra
Ukrainian:
Еготело темнокрилий
Chinese:
华氏裸鼻鸱
Chinese (Traditional):
白斑裸鼻鴟

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Égothèle de Wallace ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Égothèle de Wallace ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
Clements, version 2022:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
Clements, version 2023:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
Clements, version 2024:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
Clements, version 2016:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
Clements, version 2017:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
Clements, version 2018:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
Clements, version 2019:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
eBird version 1.50:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
eBird version 2016:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
eBird version 2017:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
eBird version 2018:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
eBird version 2019:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
eBird version 2021:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
eBird version 2022:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
eBird version 2023:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
eBird version 2024:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Aegotheles wallacii [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Aegotheles wallacii [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Aegotheles wallacii [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar ( Aegotheles wallacii) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Aegotheles wallacii [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Aegotheles wallacii [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Aegotheles [bennettii, affinis, terborghi or wallacii] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: Egotel de Wallace
Czech: Lelcík skvrnitý, lelčík skvrnitý
Danish: Småplettet Uglesvale
German: Fleckenhöhlenschwalm, Fleckenschwalm
English: Wallace's owlet nightjar, Wallace's Owlet-Nightjar, White-spotted Owlet-Nightjar
English, HBW: Wallace's Owlet-nightjar
English (IOC): Wallace's Owlet-nightjar
English (United States): Wallace's Owlet-nightjar
Spanish: Egotelo de Wallace
Spanish (Spain): Egotelo de Wallace
Spanish (HBW): Wallace's Owlet-nightjar
Estonian: nõlva-õõnesorr
Finnish: Arunkehrääjä
French: Aegothèle de Wallace, Égothèle de Wallace
Croatian: tamnoleđa sovašica
Hungarian: foltos kuvikfecske
Indonesian: Atoko Wallacea, Atoku wallacea
Italian: Capimulgo-gufo di Wallace, Egotele di Wallace
Japanese (romaji): uoaresuzuku, uxo-resuzukuyotaka, wo-resuzukuyotaka
Japanese: ウオアレスズク, ウォーレスズク, ウオーレスズク, ウォーレスズクヨタカ, ウォーレスヅクヨタカ
Scientific: Aegotheles wallacii, Aegotheles wallacii wallacii, Caprimulgus brachyurus
Lithuanian: Voleso pelėdinis varliažiotis
Dutch: Wallace' Dwergnachtzwaluw, Wallace-dwergnachtzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Vatreuglesvale
Norwegian: Vatreuglesvale
Polish: sownik plamisty
Portuguese: egotelo-malhado
Portuguese (Portugal): noitibó-coruja-de-wallace
Russian: Папуанский совиный козодой, Пятнистый совиный лягушкорот, Совиный козодой Уоллеса
Slovak: lelčík svetloprsý
Serbian: Volesov sovasti leganj
Swedish: vattrad uggleskärra, Wallaces ugglenattskärra
Turkish: Wallace egoteli
Ukrainian: Еготело темнокрилий
Chinese: 华氏裸鼻鸱
Chinese (Traditional): 白斑裸鼻鴟

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