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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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2023	Least Concern
2016	Near Threatened	C1+2a(i)
2012	Near Threatened	C1+2a(i)
2008	Near Threatened	C1; C2a(i)
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1996	Data Deficient
1994	Data Deficient
1988	Threatened

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type	shelf island	Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	650,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	2016-2027
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Generation length	3.58 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population has not been formally quantified. Surveys in Java reported 1-3 individuals observed per day at Gunung Salak and Gunung Slamet (Mittermeier et al. 2014), and recent surveys in West and Central Java (Marsden et al. 2023) encountered it on all twelve mountains surveyed, suggesting it is widespread and locally common. Given a relatively large area of suitable habitat (its range contains more than 20,000 km² of forest, to which this species is only moderately tied), even if only a small percentage of the range was occupied, the population size of C. pulchellus is unlikely to be especially small.

Trend justification: Forest loss, degradation and fragmentation are considered the main threats to this species. It is likely to be moderately secure in small numbers at higher elevations, but losing habitat at lower levels where encroachment is occurring. In the 11 years (three generations) to 2022, forest cover in the species' range declined by c. 5% (Global Forest Watch 2023, based on data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein). In the absence of evidence for other significant threats, the population is suspected to be declining at a similar rate.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Indonesia	Gunung Bromo Tengger-Semeru
Indonesia	Gunung Gede - Pangrango
Indonesia	Gunung Lawu
Indonesia	Gunung Leuser
Indonesia	Gunung Singgalang
Indonesia	Gunung Slamet
Indonesia	Hutan Raya Bukit Barisan
Indonesia	Kerinci Seblat

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	800 - 2100 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Agro-industry farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Salvadori's Nightjar Caprimulgus pulchellus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/salvadoris-nightjar-caprimulgus-pulchellus 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.