Barred Owlet-nightjar
Aegotheles bennettii Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1875
Aegothelidae — Owlet-nightjars
Barred Owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles bennettii, is an owlet-nightjar of Aegothelidae that breeds in central to south-eastern New Guinea. It was described by Salvadori & D'Albertis in 1875. It is a New Guinea bird with three recognised subspecies, including the nominate form from south-eastern New Guinea, A. b. wiedenfeldi from the north, and A. b. plumifer from the D'Entrecasteaux Islands. It lives in tropical moist lowland forest and along forest edges, and the nominate race reaches 800 m. A nest has been recorded in a dead trunk, with two white eggs.
- Order
- Aegotheliformes
- Family
- Aegothelidae — Owlet-nightjars
- Breeding range
- Australasia: c to se New Guinea
