Naming
The species was originally thought to be the same species as the Australian owlet-nightjar, until that species was found within the range of the barred owlet-nightjar. It was also considered to be the same species as the Vogelkop owlet-nightjar. There are three subspecies, the nominate, from south-eastern New Guinea, "A. b. wiedenfeldi" from northern New Guinea, and "A. b. plumifer" from the D’Entrecasteaux Islands.Habitat
Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests, or forest edge, up to 1,100 m, or 800 m for the nominate race. A nest has been found in a dead trunk.Reproduction
The eggs are white, and the clutch size of the known nests is two eggs. The species is not thought to be threatened, as large areas of suitable habitat remain.References:
Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.
