New Zealand owlet-nightjar
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New Zealand owlet-nightjar Temporal range: Quaternary | |
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Extinct (1400s) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Aegotheliformes |
Family: | Aegothelidae |
Genus: | Aegotheles |
Species: | †A. novazealandiae |
Binomial name | |
†Aegotheles novazealandiae (Scarlett 1968) | |
Synonyms | |
Megaegotheles novazealandiae |
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The New Zealand owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles novazealandiae) (Māori: Ruru hinapō)[1] is an extinct, comparatively large species of owlet-nightjar (family Aegothelidae) formerly endemic to the islands of New Zealand. Fossil remains (which are common in the pellets of the extinct laughing owl) indicate the species was once widespread across both the North Island and the South Island.[2]