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
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), Madagascar (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: 28 collections including 30 occurrences