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Caprimulgidae
Taxonomy
Caprimulgidae was named by Vigors (1825). It is extant.
It was assigned to Caprimulgiformes by Mayr (2005); to Cypselomorphae by Mayr (2005); to Caprimulgi by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1956) and Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Caprimulgiformes by Carroll (1988), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Caprimulgiformes by Mayr (2005); to Cypselomorphae by Mayr (2005); to Caprimulgi by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1956) and Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Caprimulgiformes by Carroll (1988), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1825 | Caprimulgidae Vigors |
1933 | Caprimulgidae Lambrecht p. 620 |
1956 | Caprimulgidae Wetmore p. 89 |
1988 | Caprimulgidae Carroll |
2005 | Caprimulgidae Mayr p. 318 |
2007 | Caprimulgidae Livezey and Zusi p. 94 |
2014 | Caprimulgidae del Hoyo et al. |
2017 | Caprimulgidae Clements et al. |
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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.
Fm. Caprimulgidae Vigors 1825
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G. †Archaeotrogon Milne-Edward 1891
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†Archaeotrogon caluxyensis Gaillard 1908
†Archaeotrogon nocturnus Mlikovsky 2002
†Archaeotrogon venustus Milne-Edwards 1867
†Archaeotrogon zitteli Gaillard 1908
Subfm. Caprimulginae Vigors 1825
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G. Antrostomus Bonaparte 1838
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Antrostomus carolinensis Gmelin 1789 [Chuck-will's-widow]
Antrostomus noctitherus Wetmore 1919 [Puerto Rican nightjar]
Antrostomus vociferus Wilson 1812 [Eastern whip-poor-will]
G. Caprimulgus Linnaeus 1758 [nightjar]
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Caprimulgus aegyptius Lichtenstein 1823 [Egyptian nightjar]
Caprimulgus europaeus Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian nightjar]
†Caprimulgus piurensis Campbell 1979 [nightjar]
G. Chordeiles Swainson 1832
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Chordeiles acutipennis Hermann 1783 [lesser nighthawk]
Chordeiles minor Forster 1771 [common nighthawk]
G. Eurostopodus Gould 1838
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Eurostopodus exul Mayr 1941 [New Caledonian nightjar]
Eurostopodus mystacalis Temminck 1826 [white-throated nightjar]
G. Siphonorhis Sclater 1861
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Siphonorhis americana Linnaeus 1758 [Jamaican pauraque]
Siphonorhis brewsteri Chapman 1917 [least pauraque]
Invalid names: Microsiphonorhis Chapman 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Marsh 1875, Terborgh et al. 1990 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma
Collections (27 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Wasatchian | USA (Virginia) | Caprimulgidae indet. (15595) | |
Bartonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Ventivorus ragei (12840) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) | Euronyctibius kurochkini (183665) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | France (Quercy) | Archaeotrogon venustus (12850) | |
MP 25 | France | Archaeotrogon zitteli (184215) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Caprimulgus sp. (22074) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Siracusa) | Caprimulgus europaeus (175900) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | Caprimulgus sp. (63515) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Caprimulgus europaeus (192951) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Egypt | Caprimulgus sp. (21877) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Caprimulgus piurensis, Chordeiles acutipennis (71346) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii (71670) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Papua New Guinea | Caprimulgus sp. (194696) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Caprimulgus mystacalis (194980) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii, Chordeiles minor (93277) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Chordeiles minor (103991) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (New Providence Island) | Caprimulgidae indet. (194588) Chordeiles sp. (144649) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Utah) | Chordeiles minor (93326) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial) | USA (Arizona) | Caprimulgidae indet. (93374) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Dominican Republic | Siphonorhis brewsteri (194485) | |
Holocene | Haiti | Siphonorhis brewsteri (194483) | |
Holocene | New Caledonia | Eurostopodus exul (193986 193987) | |
Holocene | Jamaica | Siphonorhis americana (194073) | |
Holocene | Dominican Republic | Siphonorhis brewsteri (194484) | |
Holocene | Finland | Caprimulgus europaeus (209146) |