New Caledonian nightjar

Short description: Species of bird

New Caledonian nightjar

Conservation status

Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Clade:  | Strisores
Order:  | Caprimulgiformes
Family:  | Caprimulgidae
Genus:  | Eurostopodus
Species:  |

E. exul

Binomial name
Eurostopodus exul

Mayr, 1941

The New Caledonian nightjar (Eurostopodus exul) is a poorly known species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is endemic to New Caledonia.

## Description

It has silvery-grey plumage with dark blotches and streaks and a blackish crown and dark grey brown underparts with a small white throat patch.

## Conservation

It is considered possibly extinct, as it is known only from the holotype which was collected in 1939. The specimen was of a bird taken in coastal savanna. The possibility of decline in population was probably caused by predation by introduced cats and rats, alongside habitat destruction.

## References

1. ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Eurostopodus exul". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2017: e.T22726340A113023870. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22726340A113023870.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22726340/0. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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