Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Caprimulgi (Suborder) Ridgway, 1881

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

Alternative positions

Caprimulgiformes (Order) Ridgway, 1881	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.
Caprimulgoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 83.

Historical positions

Caprimulgi (Suborder) Ridgway, 1881	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 94.
Caprimulgiformes (Order) Ridgway, 1881	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 23, 238. [implicit]
Caprimulgiformes (Order) Ridgway, 1881	Ref: 1995
Caprimulgoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 83.
Caprimulgiformes (Order) Ridgway, 1881	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 380.
Caprimulgiformes (Order) Ridgway, 1881	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.
Caprimulgiformes (Order) Ridgway, 1881	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 990.
Caprimulgiformes (Order) Ridgway, 1881	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 580.
Caprimulgi (Suborder) Ridgway, 1881	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1971: 234.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	16g;88s;181ss; ‡2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Oct 2021	[16g;88s;181ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 245	[16g;87s;181ss; ‡2s]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	14g;79[78]s; ‡[1s]
1982	W.J. Bock	2sf;19g;77s