Karimui owlet-nightjar
Species of bird
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The Karimui owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles terborghi) is a species of bird in the owlet-nightjar family Aegothelidae. It is found in montane eastern New Guinea.
| Karimui owlet-nightjar | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Aegotheliformes |
| Family: | Aegothelidae |
| Genus: | Aegotheles |
| Species: | A. terborghi |
| Binomial name | |
| Aegotheles terborghi Diamond, 1967 | |
It was formally described in 1967 by the American scientist Jared Diamond based on a single specimen that had been collected in the Karimui basin of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. He classified the specimen as a subspecies of the barred owlet-nightjar and coined the trinomial name Aegotheles bennettii terborghi. The specific epithet was chosen to honour the co-discoverer of the bird, the American ecologist John Terborgh.[1]
An mRNA analysis of the owlet-nightjars published in 2003 found that the Karimui owlet-nightjar was more closely related to the Vogelkop owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles affinis) than it was to the barred owlet-nightjar.[2] It was only known from the type specimen until it was rediscovered in 2016.[3] It is now treated as a distinct species.[4]
