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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
	Order:	Owlet-nightjars (Apodiformes)
	Family:	Owlet-nightjar (Aegothelidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)
	This Photo:	Back, Rufous Morph
	Other name:	Owlet-nightjar
	Thank you Brendan Duggan & BLawson for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Nests in hollows. Huge eyes. Lovely grey tones down the back with a buff circle around the eyes.
	Copyright © 2016-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 26-Jan-2016
This species is classed as  LC (Least Concern)  in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)