Wallace's owlet-nightjar

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Wallace's owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles wallacii) is a small bird in the family Aegothelidae that lives in New Guinea. It is named after Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Classification:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Clade: Strisores
- Order: Aegotheliformes
- Family: Aegothelidae
- Genus: Aegotheles
- Species: A. wallacii
Binomial name: Aegotheles wallacii Gray, 1859