Wallace's owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles wallacii) is a species of bird in the family Aegothelidae. It is found in New Guinea.

It is named after Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, and biologist.[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Aegotheles wallacii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22689568A118125873. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22689568A118125873.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 357–358.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegotheles_wallacii
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