Aves - Caprimulgiformes - Trochilidae
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 2004, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2007, Mayr 2022 and Mayr and Micklich 2010
Sister taxa: Aegotheli, Aegothelidae, Apodidae, Caprimulgi, Caprimulgidae, Hemiprocnidae, Nyctibiidae, Podargidae
Subtaxa: Anthracothorax Chlorostilbon Eurotrochilus Florisuginae Lesbiinae Mellisuga Ornismya Orthorhyncus Patagoninae Phaethornithinae Polytminae Trochilinae Trochilus
Ecology: volant frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), the Bahamas (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1)
Total: 8 collections including 10 occurrences