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Taxon: Genus Caprimulgus Linnaeus, 1758 (bird)
Classification by:

Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Caprimulgiformes Ridgway, 1881 - nightjars
         Family Caprimulgidae Vigors, 1825 - nightjars
           Subfamily Caprimulginae Vigors, 1825 - nightjars
             Genus Caprimulgus Linnaeus, 1758
               01 Caprimulgus carolinensis J.F. Gmelin, 1789 - chuck-will's-widow
               02 Caprimulgus rufus Boddaert, 1783 - rufous nightjar
               03 Caprimulgus cubanensis (Lawrence, 1860) - Greater Antillean nightjar
               04 Caprimulgus salvini E. Hartert, 1892 - tawny-collared nightjar
               05 Caprimulgus badius (Bangs & Peck, 1908) - Yucatan nightjar
               06 Caprimulgus sericocaudatus (Cassin, 1849) - silky-tailed nightjar
               07 Caprimulgus ridgwayi (Nelson, 1897) - buff-collared nightjar
               08 Caprimulgus vociferus A. Wilson, 1812 - whip-poor-will
               09 Caprimulgus noctitherus (Wetmore, 1919) - Puerto Rican nightjar
               10 Caprimulgus saturatus (Salvin, 1870) - dusky nightjar
               11 Caprimulgus longirostris Bonaparte, 1825 - band-winged nightjar
               12 Caprimulgus cayennensis J.F. Gmelin, 1789 - white-tailed nightjar
               13 Caprimulgus candicans (Pelzeln, 1867) - white-winged nightjar
               14 Caprimulgus maculicaudus (Lawrence, 1862) - spot-tailed nightjar
               15 Caprimulgus parvulus Gould, 1837 - little nightjar
               16 Caprimulgus anthonyi (Chapman, 1923) - scrub nightjar
               17 ‡?Caprimulgus maculosus (Todd, 1920) - Cayenne nightjar
               18 Caprimulgus nigrescens Cabanis, 1848 - blackish nightjar
               19 Caprimulgus whitelyi (Salvin, 1885) - Roraiman nightjar
               20 Caprimulgus hirundinaceus Spix, 1825 - pygmy nightjar
               21 Caprimulgus ruficollis Temminck, 1820 - red-necked nightjar
               22 Caprimulgus indicus Latham, 1790 - grey nightjar
               23 Caprimulgus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758 - Eurasian nightjar
               24 Caprimulgus fraenatus Salvadori, 1884 - sombre nightjar
               25 Caprimulgus rufigena A. Smith, 1845 - rufous-cheeked nightjar
               26 Caprimulgus aegyptius M.H.K. Lichtenstein, 1823 - Egyptian nightjar
               27 Caprimulgus mahrattensis Sykes, 1832 - Sykes's nightjar
               28 Caprimulgus centralasicus Vaurie, 1960 - Vaurie's nightjar
               29 Caprimulgus nubicus M.H.K. Lichtenstein, 1823 - Nubian nightjar
               30 Caprimulgus eximius Temminck, 1826 - golden nightjar
               31 Caprimulgus atripennis Jerdon, 1845 - Jerdon's nightjar
               32 Caprimulgus macrurus Horsfield, 1821 - large-tailed nightjar
               33 Caprimulgus manillensis Walden, 1875 - Philippine nightjar
               34 Caprimulgus celebensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1894 - Sulawesi nightjar
               35 Caprimulgus donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895 - Donaldson-Smith's nightjar
               36 Caprimulgus nigriscapularis Reichenow, 1893 - black-shouldered nightjar
               37 Caprimulgus pectoralis Cuvier, 1816 - fiery-necked nightjar
               38 Caprimulgus poliocephalus Rüppell, 1840 - montane nightjar
               39 Caprimulgus ruwenzorii Ogilvie-Grant, 1908 - Ruwenzori nightjar
               40 Caprimulgus asiaticus Latham, 1790 - Indian nightjar
               41 Caprimulgus madagascariensis Sganzin, 1840 - Madagascar nightjar
               42 Caprimulgus natalensis A. Smith, 1845 - swamp nightjar
               43 Caprimulgus solala Safford et al., 1995 - Nechisar nightjar
               44 Caprimulgus inornatus Heuglin, 1869 - plain nightjar
               45 Caprimulgus stellatus Blundell & Lovat, 1899 - star-spotted nightjar
               46 Caprimulgus affinis Horsfield, 1821 - savanna nightjar
               47 Caprimulgus tristigma Rüppell, 1840 - freckled nightjar
               48 Caprimulgus concretus Bonaparte, 1850 - Bonaparte's nightjar
               49 Caprimulgus pulchellus Salvadori, 1879 - Salvadori's nightjar
               50 Caprimulgus prigoginei Louette, 1990 - Itombwe nightjar
               51 Caprimulgus enarratus G.R. Gray, 1871 - collared nightjar
               52 Caprimulgus batesi Sharpe, 1906 - Bates's nightjar
               53 Caprimulgus climacurus Vieillot, 1824 - long-tailed nightjar
               54 Caprimulgus clarus Reichenow, 1892 - slender-tailed nightjar
               55 Caprimulgus fossii Hartlaub, 1857 - square-tailed nightjar

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