Aves - Caprimulgiformes - Caprimulgidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Caprimulgidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Campbell 1979, del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Mlikovsky 2002
Sister taxa: Archaeotrogon, Caprimulginae, Chordeiles, Euronyctibius, Eurostopodus, Phalaenoptilus, Siphonorhis, Ventivorus
Subtaxa: Caprimulgus aegyptius Caprimulgus europaeus Caprimulgus madagascariensis Caprimulgus piurensis
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection), Egypt (1), Finland (1), Greece (1), Italy (1), Madagascar (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (1), Venezuela (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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