Aegotheles wallacii
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In 3 days ~10%
Wallace's owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles wallacii) is a species of bird in the family Aegothelidae. It is found in New Guinea. It is named after Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, and biologist. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Wallace's Owlet-nightjar sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 150th most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wallace's Owlet-nightjar in Raja Ampat on a given day, against under 5% in December to October, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wallace's Owlet-nightjar sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Raja Ampat, in our data
Raja Ampat is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Wallace's Owlet-nightjar sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Apodiformes
The closest relatives of the Wallace's Owlet-nightjar that you can see in Raja Ampat (order Apodiformes, Swifts and Hummingbirds) are Glossy Swiftlet (about 40%), Moustached Treeswift (about 40%) and Uniform Swiftlet (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wallace's Owlet-nightjar is recorded against all the birds logged in Raja Ampat (19 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
