Chordeiles

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Chordeiles m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Caprimulgidae – nighthawks, found from South America to the southernmost US.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Caprimulgiformes – order; Caprimulgidae – family; Chordeilinae - subfamily

• (genus): Chordeiles minor (common nighthawk) - type species; Chordeiles acutipennis (lesser nighthawk), Chordeiles gundlachii (Antillean nighthawk), Chordeiles nacunda (Nacunda nighthawk), Chordeiles pusillus (least nighthawk), Chordeiles rupestris (sand-colored nighthawk) - other species

• Chordeiles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chordeiles on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Chordeiles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chordeiles at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Chordeiles at the Catalogue of Life 
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN