Hispaniolan Nightjar (Antrostomus ekmani) - BirdLife species factsheet

Hispaniolan Nightjar Antrostomus ekmani

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Antrostomus ekmani (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Caprimulgus.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	66,900 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.85 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as local and possibly not common (Cleere 1998). This species is considered to have a high dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 12.8% within its mapped range over the past three generations (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). It is therefore tentatively suspected that this rate of cover loss may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame, with a best estimate of reduction being 11-14%.

Trend justification: .

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Dominican Republic	extant	native	yes
Haiti	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Dominican Republic	Armando Bermudez National Park
Dominican Republic	Cotubanamá
Dominican Republic	Haitises National Park
Dominican Republic	Honduras
Dominican Republic	Sierra de Bahoruco National Park
Dominican Republic	Sierra de Neyba

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Hispaniolan Nightjar Antrostomus ekmani. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/hispaniolan-nightjar-antrostomus-ekmani on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.