LC
Barred Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles bennettii



Family: Aegothelidae (Owlet-nightjars)

Authority: Salvadori & d'Albertis, 1875

Red List Category:


Justification of Red List category
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend may be declining but does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 661,000 km2

Country endemic: no


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: Barred Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles bennettii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/barred-owlet-nightjar-aegotheles-bennettii on 05/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 05/01/2025.