Order Caprimulgiformes Ridgway 1881 (nightjar)
Parent taxon: Neognathae according to A. Wetmore 1960
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2005 and Mayr 2022
Sister taxa: Alciformes, Anas benedeni, Anas creccoides, Eurolimnornithiformes, Gracilitarsidae, Juncitarsus, Neoaves, Odontoanserae, Pangalloanserae, Passeriformes, Perplexicervix, Scandiavis, Vastanavis
Subtaxa: Aegotheli Aegothelidae Apodidae Caprimulgi Caprimulgidae Hemiprocnidae Nyctibiidae Podargidae Trochilidae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore