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Aegotheles cristatus (Australian owlet-nightjar)

Osteichthyes - Caprimulgiformes - Aegothelidae

Taxonomy
Caprimulgus cristatus was named by Shaw (1790). It is extant.

It was recombined as Aegotheles cristatus by Baird (1991), Baird (1993), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1790Caprimulgus cristatus Shaw
1991Aegotheles cristatus Baird p. 272
1993Aegotheles cristatus Baird p. 387
2017Aegotheles cristatus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderCaprimulgiformesRidgway 1881
familyAegothelidaeBonaparte 1853
genusAegothelesVigors and Horsfield 1827
speciescristatus(Shaw 1790)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Aegotheles cristatus Shaw 1790 [Australian owlet-nightjar]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available