The Moluccan Owlet-nightjar is a nocturnal bird of forest in the northern Moluccas.
It is about 29 cm long.
It is active at night and uses mature forest, forest edges, and secondary forest. It eats invertebrates.
At night it gives a striking laugh-like call.
Juveniles pass through a distinctive rufous plumage before adulthood.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.