Australian Owlet-NightjarDutch: Australische Dwergnachtzwaluw |
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| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Aegothelidae |
| Genus: | Aegotheles |
| Species: | Aegotheles cristatus |
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| Many thanks to the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, for allowing us to photograph this specimen. | |
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Side, top and bottom view of skull. (Click on image to enlarge) |
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| Length: | 40 mm |
| Length cranium: | 26 mm |
| Width (cranium): | 25 mm |
| Height (cranium): | 17 mm |
| Alternative names: Baumschwalm (German), Egothèle d’Australie (French), Egotelo Australiano (Spanish) | |