The Vaurie's Nightjar is a species of nightjar

Nightjar

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills. They are sometimes referred to as goatsuckers from the mistaken belief that they suck milk from goats . Some New World species are named as nighthawks...

 in the Caprimulgidae family.
It is endemic to China

China

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Its natural habitat

Habitat

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 is cold desert

Desert

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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

European Nightjar

The European Nightjar, or just Nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus, is the only representative of the nightjar family of birds in most of Europe and temperate Asia.- Habitat and distribution :...

, C. europaeus plumipes, which occurs at the locality where C. centralasicus was found.

Source

• BirdLife International 2004. Caprimulgus centralasicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.