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Owlet-frogmouths

Order: CaprimulgiformesAustralian Owlet Nightjar

Family: Aegothelidae

8 species

HABITAT AND RANGE:

Australia and South Pacific islands;

DESCRIPTION:

15-30 cm; loral bristles with hairlike barbs; flank feathers elongate; bill small, flat, wide-gaped, hooked; wings long, rounded; tail long, wedge-shaped; legs, feet small, weak; toes long, slender, with long claws;

FOOD:

nocturnal insectivores;

BREEDING:

sexes similar; monogamous (?); 3-4 eggs in cavity nest; biparental care (?)

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(Image taken from Pizzey, Graham. Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Angus&Robertson: Sydney, 1997)