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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). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size may be moderately small to large, 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 justification
The global population is estimated to number fewer than 50,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019), thus it is placed in the band 20,000-49,999 mature individuals here.

Trend justification
The population is undergoing a small decline (Partners in Flight 2019).

The species is endemic to western Mexico, where it is fairly common in suitable habitat on the Pacific slope from Chihuahua through Jalisco, Colima and Guerrero as far as Oaxaca (Howell and Webb 1995).

The species inhabits arid to semihumid oak and pine-oak forest on rocky slopes from 1,200 to 2,500 m, and is also found in wooded gullies and overgrown fields with scattered trees, possibly on a seasonal basis (Howell and Webb 1995).

Text account compilers
Hermes, C.

Contributors
Harding, M., Butchart, S. & Ekstrom, J.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Eared Poorwill Nyctiphrynus mcleodii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/eared-poorwill-nyctiphrynus-mcleodii 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.