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Taxonomic note
Caprimulgus poliocephalus (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously split as C. poliocephalus and C. ruwenzorii following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

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.

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be locally common throughout its range (del Hoyo et al. 1999, Cleere 2010). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 6% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/montane-nightjar-caprimulgus-poliocephalus 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.