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Aegothelidae

Aegotheles

Owlet-Nightjars

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taxon links [up-->]Aegotheles cristatus extinct icon Monophyly Uncertain[down<--]Neoaves Interpreting the tree
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Phylogeny of all 9 extant species (and all but 3 extant subspecies) plus 1 extinct species of owlet-nightjars based on mtDNA sequence data (Dumbacher et al., 2003).
Containing group: Neoaves

References

Dumbacher, J. P., T. K. Pratt, and R. C. Fleischer. 2003. Phylogeny of the owlet-nightjars (Aves: Aegothelidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 29 (3): 540-549.

Pratt, T.K. 2000. Evidence for a previously unrecognized species of Owlet-nightjar. Auk 117:1-11.

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Scientific Name Aegotheles cristatus
Location Mt. Ainslie, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Owlet-nightjar at home 3
Source Collection Flickr
ToL Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 Julian Robinson
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