Aegotheles

Aegotheles cristatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aegotheliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Orionides Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Neocoelurosauria Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Avialae Subclassis: Aves Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Superordo: Caprimulgimorphae Ordo: Aegotheliformes

Familia: Aegothelidae
Genus: Aegotheles
Species: A. affinis – A. albertisi – A. bennettii – A. crinifrons – A. cristatus – A. insignis – A. savesi – A. tatei – A. terborghi – A. wallacii

Species fossil: †A. novaezealandiae

Name

Aegotheles Vigors & Horsfield, 1827

• Typus: Caprimulgus novaehollandiae Latham, 1790 = Caprimulgus cristatus Shaw, 1790 = Aegotheles cristatus by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Euaegotheles Mathews, 1918
• Megaegotheles Scarlett, 1968

References

Primary references

• Vigors, N.A. & Horsfield, T. 1827. A description of the Australian Birds in the Collection of the Linnean Society; with an Attempt of Arranging them according to their natural affinities. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 170–331 BHL Reference page.  p. 194

Additional references

• Scarlett, R.J. 1968. An owlet-nightjar from New Zealand. Notornis 15(4)]: 254–266. PDF.
• Rich, P.V. & Scarlett, R.J. 1977. Another look at Megaegotheles, a large owlet nightjar from New Zealand. Emu, 77: 1–8. DOI: 10.1071/MU9770001
• Dumbacher, J.P., Pratt, T.K. & Fleischer, R.C. 2003. Phylogeny of the owlet-nighjars (Aves: Aegothelidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 29(3): 540–549. DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00135-0 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• беларуская: Савіныя жабкароты
• українська: Еготело

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