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Caprimulgus
Linnaeus, 1758
(bird)
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Caprimulginae (Subfamily) - nightjars
..Eleothreptus (Genus)
..Hydropsalis (Genus)
..Macrodipteryx (Genus)
..Macropsalis (Genus)
..Nyctidromus (Genus)
..Nyctiphrynus (Genus)
..Phalaenoptilus (Genus)
..Siphonorhis (Genus)
..Uropsalis (Genus)
..Veles (Genus)
..Caprimulgus (Genus)
....Caprimulgus aegyptius (Species) - Egyptian nightjar
....Caprimulgus affinis (Species) - savanna nightjar
....Caprimulgus anthonyi (Species) - scrub nightjar
....Caprimulgus asiaticus (Species) - Indian nightjar
....Caprimulgus atripennis (Species) - Jerdon's nightjar
....Caprimulgus badius (Species) - Yucatan nightjar
....Caprimulgus batesi (Species) - Bates's nightjar
....Caprimulgus candicans (Species) - white-winged nightjar
....Caprimulgus carolinensis (Species) - chuck-will's-widow
....Caprimulgus cayennensis (Species) - white-tailed nightjar
....Caprimulgus celebensis (Species) - Sulawesi nightjar
....Caprimulgus centralasicus (Species) - Vaurie's nightjar
....Caprimulgus clarus (Species) - slender-tailed nightjar
....Caprimulgus climacurus (Species) - long-tailed nightjar
....Caprimulgus concretus (Species) - Bonaparte's nightjar
....Caprimulgus cubanensis (Species) - Greater Antillean nightjar
....Caprimulgus donaldsoni (Species) - Donaldson-Smith's nightjar
....Caprimulgus enarratus (Species) - collared nightjar
....Caprimulgus europaeus (Species) - Eurasian nightjar
....Caprimulgus eximius (Species) - golden nightjar
....Caprimulgus fossii (Species) - square-tailed nightjar
....Caprimulgus fraenatus (Species) - sombre nightjar
....Caprimulgus hirundinaceus (Species) - pygmy nightjar
....Caprimulgus indicus (Species) - grey nightjar
....Caprimulgus inornatus (Species) - plain nightjar
....Caprimulgus longirostris (Species) - band-winged nightjar
....Caprimulgus macrurus (Species) - large-tailed nightjar
....Caprimulgus maculicaudus (Species) - spot-tailed nightjar
....Caprimulgus maculosus (Species) - Cayenne nightjar
....Caprimulgus madagascariensis (Species) - Madagascar nightjar
....Caprimulgus mahrattensis (Species) - Sykes's nightjar
....Caprimulgus manillensis (Species) - Philippine nightjar
....Caprimulgus natalensis (Species) - swamp nightjar
....Caprimulgus nigrescens (Species) - blackish nightjar
....Caprimulgus nigriscapularis (Species) - black-shouldered nightjar
....Caprimulgus noctitherus (Species) - Puerto Rican nightjar
....Caprimulgus nubicus (Species) - Nubian nightjar
....Caprimulgus parvulus (Species) - little nightjar
....Caprimulgus pectoralis (Species) - fiery-necked nightjar
....Caprimulgus poliocephalus (Species) - montane nightjar
....Caprimulgus prigoginei (Species) - Itombwe nightjar
....Caprimulgus pulchellus (Species) - Salvadori's nightjar
....Caprimulgus ridgwayi (Species) - buff-collared nightjar
....Caprimulgus ruficollis (Species) - red-necked nightjar
....Caprimulgus rufigena (Species) - rufous-cheeked nightjar
....Caprimulgus rufus (Species) - rufous nightjar
....Caprimulgus ruwenzorii (Species) - Ruwenzori nightjar
....Caprimulgus salvini (Species) - tawny-collared nightjar
....Caprimulgus saturatus (Species) - dusky nightjar
....Caprimulgus sericocaudatus (Species) - silky-tailed nightjar
....Caprimulgus solala (Species) - Nechisar nightjar
....Caprimulgus stellatus (Species) - star-spotted nightjar
....Caprimulgus tristigma (Species) - freckled nightjar
....Caprimulgus vociferus (Species) - whip-poor-will
....Caprimulgus whitelyi (Species) - Roraiman nightjar
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 193.
Types
Type of
:
Caprimulgi
(Suborder)
Ridgway, 1881
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 84.
[implicit]
Type of
:
Caprimulgida
(Parvorder)
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 84.
[implicit]
Type of
:
Caprimulginae
(Subfamily)
Vigors, 1825
Synonyms
Including
:
Veles
(Genus)
Bangs, 1918
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