The Feline Owlet-nightjar lives in New Guinea’s montane evergreen rainforests and eats beetles and other insects. Its fluffy rufous-to-brown plumage has two white head stripes and white bars on the tail.
Its plumage ranges from rufous to brown, with fine dark patterning and white spots on the body. It has two white stripes on the head and white bars on the tail.
It eats beetles and other insects.
It is solitary and sometimes roosts by day among vine tangles in the forest mid-storey.
Its calls include varied churrs and high squeals.
Arched buff eyebrows form a V above the eyes, with long spiky bristles around the bill. Teardrop-shaped white blotches form three broad vertical bands, down the centre of the chest and each flank.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.