New Caledonian nightjar

New Caledonian nightjar

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Wikispecies has information related to Eurostopodus exul.
  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Eurostopodus exul". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. IUCN: e.T22726340A113023870. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22726340A113023870.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.


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