Vaurie's Nightjar

Its natural habitat is cold desert. It is threatened by habitat loss. This bird is only known from a single 1929 specimen from Xinjiang, China. It has never been found again, and it is quite possibly invalid as it has not yet been compared to the similar subspecies of the European Nightjar, C. europaeus plumipes, which occurs at the locality where C. centralasicus was found.

The Vaurie's Nightjar is classified as Data Deficient (DD), inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction.

perfect example is eh Vaurie's Nightjar in China's south-western Xinjiang. It has been seen for sure only once, in 1929 - through a specimen that was held in the hand. Surveys in the 1970s and 1990s failed to find it. It is perfectly possible that is has evolved a species that can only really be identified in the wild by other Vaurie's Nightjars, rather than by humans. As a result, scientists do not know whether it is extinct, endangered or even locally common. More

The Vaurie's Nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is endemic to China. Its natural habitat is cold desert. It is threatened by habitat loss. This bird is only known from a single 1929 specimen from Xinjiang, China. It has never been found again, and it is quite possibly invalid as it has not yet been compared to the similar subspecies of the European Nightjar, C. europaeus plumipes, which occurs at the locality where C. centralasicus was found. More

That Vaurie's Nightjar was not rediscovered means little. It is, naturally, very easy not do discover our own European nightjar during a few nights long survey in the forest! Suppose it is looked for in wrong habitat - it is shrub specialist, or open country specialist, or waterside specialist. Etc... About Tibet & mountain finch - I recently looked through Google maps (wonders of technology!) at the Indian Arunuchal pradesh and bordering areas of Tibet. More