This is a list of Caprimulgiformes species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more information on how these estimates were ascertained, see Wikipedia's articles on population biology and population ecology.

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This list is not comprehensive, as not all Caprimulgiformes have had their numbers quantified.

Species by global population

Common name	Binomial name	Population	Status	Trend	Notes	Image
New Caledonian owlet-nightjar	Aegotheles savesi	50[1]	CR[1]	[1]	Maximum estimate.[1]
White-winged nightjar	Eleothreptus candicans	1000 – 2499[2]	EN[2]	[2]
Puerto Rican nightjar	Caprimulgus noctitherus	1400 – 2000[3]	EN[3]	[3]
Solomons frogmouth	Rigidipenna inexpectata	2500 – 9999[4]	NT[4]	[4]	Preliminary estimate.[4]
Prigogine's nightjar	Caprimulgus prigoginei	3500 – 15 000[5]	EN[5]	[5]
Satanic nightjar	Eurostopodus diabolicus	3500 – 15 000[6]	VU[6]	[6]
Salvadori's nightjar	Caprimulgus pulchellus	6000 – 15 000[7]	NT[7]	[7]
Sickle-winged nightjar	Eleothreptus anomalus	10 000[8]	NT[8]	[8]	Minimum estimate.[8]
Least poorwill	Siphonorhis brewsteri	10 000 – 19 999[9]	NT[9]	[9]
Bonaparte's nightjar	Caprimulgus concretus	15 000 – 30 000[10]	VU[10]	[10]
Eared poorwill	Nyctiphrynus mcleodii	20 000 – 49 999[11]	LC[11]	[11]
Yucatan poorwill	Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus	20 000 – 49 999[12]	LC[12]	[12]
Northern potoo	Nyctibius jamaicensis	50 000 – 499 999[13]	LC[13]	[13]
Short-tailed nighthawk	Lurocalis semitorquatus	50 000 – 499 999[14]	LC[14]	[14]
Spot-tailed nightjar	Caprimulgus maculicaudus	50 000 – 499 999[15]	LC[15]	[15]
Yucatan nightjar	Caprimulgus badius	50 000 – 499 999[16]	LC[16]	[16]
Red-necked nightjar	Caprimulgus ruficollis	130 000 – 1 500 000[17]	LC[17]	[17]	Very preliminary estimate.[17]
Great potoo	Nyctibius grandis	500 000 – 4 999 999[18]	LC[18]	[18]
European nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus	2 000 000 – 6 000 000[19]	LC[19]	[19]

See also

• Lists of birds by population
• Lists of organisms by population

References