Aves - Caprimulgiformes

Parent taxon: Caprimulgiformes according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007

See also Gadow 1898, Lambrecht 1933 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Aegotheli, Aegothelidae, Apodidae, Caprimulgidae, Hemiprocnidae, Nyctibiidae, Podargidae, Trochilidae

Subtaxa: Steatornithidae

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fisher/Sullivan Site (Eocene of Virginia)

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