Family: Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)
Authority: Temminck, 1820
Red List Category
Criteria: A2bce+3bce+4bce
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Justification of Red List categoryThe species is undergoing moderately rapid declines across its main breeding range in Spain. Current trends from what may be a large portion of the breeding range in North Africa are unknown, and indeed the proportion of the population this represents is also unknown. While some threats noted as drivers of the decline in Spain are considered likely to be less severe in North Africa, habitat degradation and loss, and insectivore decline are likely to apply across the range. As such, measured rates of reduction are suspected to apply throughout, and these approach the thresholds for listing the species as threatened. As such, the species is assessed as Near Threatened.
Population size:
575000-770000
Population trend:
Decreasing
Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident):
1,910,000 km
2
Country endemic:
No
Attributes
Realm - Afrotropical
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome
AEMLAP