Aegotheles cristatus

2 Australian Owlet-nightjar at Garran, ACT

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Identification history

	Aegotheles cristatus	11 Mar 2019	natureguy
	Aegotheles cristatus	11 Mar 2019	roymcd

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User's notes

Very happy to see this little guy, its call revealed its position. I heard a pair calling to eachother at the south end of Red Hill a month ago, so there must be quite a large population on Red Hill.

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

12 Mar 2019

Thanks Roy will check it out this week-end

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
10 Mar 2019 08:28 AM Recorded on
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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
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