Least poorwill
| Least poorwill | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Siphonorhis |
| Species: | S. brewsteri
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| Binomial name | |
| Siphonorhis brewsteri (Chapman, 1917)
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The least poorwill (Siphonorhis brewsteri), or least pauraque, is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae of birds, the only extant species. It is found on Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic), though it is thought extirpated from Haiti.
Habitat
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Conservation
As seen by the fact that it was only described in 1917, this is an enigmatic and little-known bird. It was listed as "Near Threatened" by the IUCN from 1988 on, but in 2000 its status was changed to "Data Deficient", owing to the continuing uncertainty. With more information available, it is again listed as "Near Threatened" in the 2007 IUCN Red List.[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Siphonorhis brewsteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ See BirdLife International (2007a,b)
- BirdLife International (2007a): [ 2006-2007 Red List status changes ]. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
- BirdLife International (2007b): Least Pauraque - BirdLife Species Factsheet. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
- BirdLife International (2007b): Least Pauraque - BirdLife Species Factsheet. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
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