Barred Owlet-nightjar vs Cricket-Bat Willow

Aegotheles bennettii compared with Salix alba

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barred Owlet-nightjar	Cricket-Bat Willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Aegothelidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Aegotheles	Salix
Species	Aegotheles bennettii	Salix alba

Conservation Status

Barred Owlet-nightjar

LC — Least Concern

Cricket-Bat Willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barred Owlet-nightjar	Cricket-Bat Willow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barred Owlet-nightjar

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

Cricket-Bat Willow

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Libya), Asia (Yemen), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Barred Owlet-nightjar

The Barred Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles bennettii) is a species in the genus Aegotheles. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.