Iconic Birds
Least Concern
Quick Facts
Mass0.105 kg
Facts sourced from Wikidata (CC0).
The spotted nightjar or spotted eared-nightjar is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It inhabits much of mainland Australia and has also been found in several Indonesian islands. Its natural habitats are open forests and woodlands, scrub, spinifex and tussock grassland, savannah woodland and mangroves.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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