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Caprimulgus nigriscapularis



Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
Sibley, C. G.; Monroe, B. L. 1990. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
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Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2016 Not Recognised
2014 Not Recognised
2012 Least Concern
2009 Least Concern
2008 Least Concern
2004 Least Concern
2000 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988 Lower Risk/Least Concern
Species attributes

Migratory status unset Forest dependency unset
Land-mass type Average mass -
Range

Estimate Data quality
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size unknown - - -
Population trend - - -

Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Angola extant native yes
Benin extant uncertain
Burundi extant native yes
Cameroon extant native yes
Central African Republic extant native yes
Congo extant native yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the extant native yes
Côte d'Ivoire extant native yes
Equatorial Guinea extant native yes
Gambia extant vagrant yes
Ghana extant uncertain
Guinea extant native yes
Guinea-Bissau extant native yes
Kenya extant uncertain
Liberia extant native yes
Nigeria extant native yes
Rwanda extant native yes
Sierra Leone extant native yes
South Sudan extant native
Sudan extant native yes
Togo extant vagrant yes
Uganda extant native yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name
Cameroon Bakossi mountains
Cameroon Mbam Djerem National Park
Cameroon Mont Manengouba
Cameroon Mont Nlonako
Cameroon Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Cameroon Mount Kupe
Central African Republic Bamingui-Bangoran National Park complex
Central African Republic Bangui
Central African Republic Ngotto
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Bombo-Lumene Game Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Itombwe Mountains
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Virunga National Park
Côte d'Ivoire Marahoue National Park
Côte d'Ivoire Mopri Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire Peko Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire Sangbe Mountain National Park
Ghana Digya National Park
Ghana Kalakpa Resource Reserve
Ghana Kyabobo National Park
Liberia Wologizi mountains
Nigeria Gashaka-Gumti National Park
Nigeria IITA Forest Reserve, Ibadan
Nigeria Sunvit Farm
Sierra Leone Kangari Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Uganda Budongo Forest Reserve
Uganda Bugoma Central Forest Reserve
Uganda Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda Kibale National Park
Uganda Mabira Forest Reserve
Uganda Sango Bay area
Uganda Semliki National Park

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Altitude   Occasional altitudinal limits  

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Caprimulgus nigriscapularis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/caprimulgus-nigriscapularis on 26/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 26/12/2024.