Aegotheles cristatus

Australian Owlet-nightjar at Lorne, NSW

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Identification history

Aegotheles cristatus	16 Oct 2024	JamesLidseyBCT
Aegotheles cristatus	15 Oct 2024	jks
Aegotheles cristatus	15 Oct 2024	jks
Unverified	15 Oct 2024	Butlinz

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Is this an owl?

2 comments

JamesLidseyBCT wrote:

16 Oct 2024

Wow what a capture!! It's an Owlet Nightjar a cool species. Despite the name it's actually not and Owl and some would argue not a nightjar either (although it's more closely related to nightjars than owls)

https://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Aegotheles-cristatus

Butlinz wrote:

17 Oct 2024

I was just checking if the cameras were working and found this very exciting

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Location information

Places Lorne, NSW

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At least 1 Abundance
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Species information

Aegotheles cristatus Scientific name
Australian Owlet-nightjar Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 852m Recorded at altitude
142 images trained Machine learning

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