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Taxon: Suborder Caprimulgi Ridgway, 1881 - goatsuckers (bird)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Caprimulgiformes

Current position

Caprimulgiformes (Order) Ridgway, 1881

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 94.

Alternative positions

Strigiformes (Order) Wagler, 1830

Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 82.

Historical positions

*Caprimulgiformes* (Order) Ridgway, 1881	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 94.
*Strigiformes* (Order) Wagler, 1830	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 82.
*Caprimulgiformes* (Order) Ridgway, 1881	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 990.
*Caprimulgiformes* (Order) Ridgway, 1881	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1971: 233.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4f;21g;109s;217ss; ‡2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Oct 2021	[4f;21g;109s;217ss]
2007	B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi	[4f]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[6f];19g;108[107]s; ‡[1s]
1990		6f
1971	P. Brodkorb	[; †1f;1g]

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