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alongside nightjars in the
Caprimulgiformes. In 2021, the
International Ornithological Congress redefined the
Caprimulgiformes as only
applying to nightjars...
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morphology and
molecular phylogenomics demonstrated that the
order Caprimulgiformes as had been used for much of the 20th
century (oilbirds, potoos, nightjars...
- PMID 20123032. Holyoak, D. T. (2001-07-19).
Nightjars and
Their Allies: The
Caprimulgiformes. OUP Oxford. p. 362. ISBN 978-0-19-854987-1. Jetz, Walter; Steffen...
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classified in the
order Caprimulgiformes,
along with all
other members of Strisores.
Before that, it was part of a
paraphyletic Caprimulgiformes consisting of the...
- The
relationship between the owlet-nightjars and the (traditional)
Caprimulgiformes has long been
controversial and
obscure and
remains so today: in the...
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Nyctibiidae was
formerly included with the
nightjars in the
order Caprimulgiformes but is now
placed in a
separate order, Nyctibiiformes.
There are seven...
- This is a list of
Caprimulgiformes species by
global po****tion.
While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the
experts in
their fields. For more...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 5
species Critically endangered (CR): 223
species Endangered (EN): 460
species Vulnerable (VU): 798
species Near threatened...
- owlet-nightjars are, apparently,
convergent with the closely-related
Caprimulgiformes (nightjars),
which form a
clade known as
Cypselomorphae together with...
- Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class: Aves Clade:
Strisores Order:
Caprimulgiformes Family:
Caprimulgidae Genus:
Caprimulgus Species: C. vexillarius Binomial...
