Aegothelidae (Owlet-nightjars)

Family

Owlet-nightjars

Aegothelidae

2 species in our catalog · found in 10 parks

Species in this group

Australian Owlet-nightjar
LC

Australian Owlet-nightjar

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Aegotheles cristatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Wallace's Owlet-nightjar
LC

Wallace's Owlet-nightjar

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Aegotheles wallacii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~10%
Jan
~10%
Feb
~10%
Mar
~10%
Apr
<5%
May
<5%
Jun
~10%
Jul
~10%
Aug
<5%
Sep
<5%
Oct
<5%
Nov
~10%
Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

midnight6amnoon6pmmidnight

Where to see Owlet-nightjars

Parks Ranked

#ParkCountrySpeciesDaily sighting probability
1 Hattah-Kulkyne National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
1 of 2
~10%
2 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
1 of 2
<5%
3 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
1 of 2
<5%
4 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
1 of 2
<5%
5 Flinders Ranges National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
1 of 2
<5%
6 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
1 of 2
<5%
7 Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 Indonesia
1 of 2
<5%
8 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
1 of 2
<5%
9 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
1 of 2
<5%
10 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
1 of 2
<5%

Cities Ranked

#CityCountrySpeciesDaily sighting probability
1 Melbourne 🇦🇺 Australia
1 of 2
<5%
2 Sydney 🇦🇺 Australia
1 of 2
<5%
3 Brisbane 🇦🇺 Australia
1 of 2
<5%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Territory Wildlife Park 🇦🇺 Australia In captivity