This is a starry owlet-nightjar. Owlet-nightjars are a small group of birds found mostly in Australia and New Guinea, with one recently-extinct species in New Zealand, one possibly extinct species in New Caledonia, and one extant species in Wallacea. Their closest relatives are the hummingbirds and swifts. Being shy and nocturnal, they're rarely seen.
The New Zealand and New Caledonian owlet-nightjars are the most divergent ones, followed by a New Guinea clade with two species. One is called the feline owlet-nightjar because with rictal-bristle whiskers and "ear" tufts it resembles a cat. You might expect it to look like a cross between an owl and a cat, but it really looks like some weird alien.
The other is the starry owlet-nightjar, which also has the rictal bristles and looks like a cartoon of a Victorian gentleman.
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