Aves - Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
Parent taxon: Caprimulgiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2003, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2022, Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2004, Worthy and Nguyen 2020 and Worthy et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Aegotheli, Aegothelidae, Caprimulgi, Caprimulgidae, Hemiprocnidae, Nyctibiidae, Podargidae, Trochilidae
Subtaxa: Aerodramus Apodinae Chaetura Collocalia Cypselinae Cypseloides Cypseloidinae Procypseloides Streptoprocne
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cook Islands (2 collections), France (1), Greece (6), Guam (5), Haiti (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (35), Italy (2), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), New Caledonia (4), Niue (11), Northern Mariana Islands (9), Papua New Guinea (3), the Philippines (4), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Tonga (1), United States (2: Tennessee, Virginia), Yemen (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Hungary (1)
• Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Italy (1), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
Total: 98 collections including 118 occurrences