owlet-nightjar

noun

Any of several species of small crepuscular birds comprising the order Aegotheliformes, of New Guinea, the Moluccas, and Australia.

First used 19th c.
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nounowlet-nightjar (plural owlet-nightjars)

plural owlet-nightjars

  1. Any of several species of small crepuscular birds comprising the order Aegotheliformes, of New Guinea, the Moluccas, and Australia.First known use 19th c.

    The contemporary decline of birds – the owlette-nightjar, for example, and one species of duck – appears to support the presence of rats at that time.

    2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 6
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