New Caledonian nightjar
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| Species: | E. exul
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| Eurostopodus exul (Mayr, 1941)
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The New Caledonian nightjar (Eurostopodus exul) is a poorly known species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia.
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.
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.
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