Family: Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Authority: Mayr, 1941

Red List Category

Criteria: D

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Justification of Red List category
This recently-split nightjar is known only from a single specimen, taken in 1939. It is likely to be extinct, and any extant population would be tiny. For these reasons it is classified as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct).

Population size: 1-49 mature individuals

Population trend: unknown

Country endemic: yes