New Caledonian nightjar
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| status = PE
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = BirdLife International | title = Eurostopodus exul | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2017 | page = e.T22726340A113023870 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2017 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22726340/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22726340A113023870.en | access-date = 15 January 2018| doi-access = free }}
| genus = Eurostopodus
| species = exul
| authority = Mayr, 1941
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The New Caledonian nightjar (Eurostopodus exul) is a poorly known species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae.
It is endemic to New Caledonia.
Description
It has silvery-grey plumage with dark blotches and streaks and a blackish crown and dark grey brown
underparts with a small white throat patch.
Conservation
It is considered possibly extinct, as it is known only from the holotype which was collected in 1939.
The specimen was of a bird taken in coastal savanna. The possibility of decline in population was probably caused by predation by introduced cats and rats, alongside habitat destruction.
References
{{Wikispecies|Eurostopodus exul}}
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Category:Birds of New Caledonia
Category:Critically endangered fauna of Oceania
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