Family Caprimulgidae Vigors 1825 (nightjar)

Aves - Caprimulgiformes - Caprimulgidae

Parent taxon: Caprimulgiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2005 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Aegotheli, Aegothelidae, Apodidae, Caprimulgi, Hemiprocnidae, Nyctibiidae, Podargidae, Trochilidae

Subtaxa: Archaeotrogon Caprimulginae Caprimulgus Chordeiles Euronyctibius Eurostopodus Phalaenoptilus Siphonorhis Ventivorus

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Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), the Bahamas (2), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Egypt (1), Finland (1), Greece (1), Haiti (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), New Caledonia (2), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (1), United States (5: Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene of France (3), United States (1: Virginia)

Total: 27 collections including 29 occurrences

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