AUSTRALIAN OWLET-NIGHTJAR

Photographed at Deniliquin, February 2015

512           AUSTRALIAN OWLET-NIGHTJAR            Aegotheles cristatus

Australia          (353)

Also known as Moth Owl. Roosts in tree-hollows by day, hunting for insects at night. Eyes do not glow in the dark like true nightjars. Ranges across all of Australia, including Tasmania. Habitat is varied butrainforests, eucalypt forests, woodlands, arid inland scrubs, trees on inland watercourses, billabongs.

Photographed at Nyngan, NSW March 2015