Mexican Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus arizonae) | Details

Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Antrostomus arizonae (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Caprimulgus. Caprimulgus vociferus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was previously split into C. vociferus and C. arizonae following AOU (2010).

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
2020	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2011	Least Concern
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,370,000 km²
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	1,470,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	320000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2019
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.6 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number 320,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019). The species is considered to be fairly common to common.

Trend justification:

The species is undergoing a moderate decline (Partners in Flight 2019), which is thought to be caused by low levels of habitat loss (Tracewski et al. 2016).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor
El Salvador	extant	native	yes
Guatemala	extant	native	yes
Honduras	extant	native	yes
Mexico	extant	native	yes	yes
USA	extant	native		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	non-breeding
Altitude	1400 - 3000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 500 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/mexican-whip-poor-will-antrostomus-arizonae on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.