Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgiformes sunt ordo avium cui sunt multae aves quibus sunt distributio geographica per orbem terrarum praeter Antarcticam. Quae aves plerumque sunt insectivora nocturna. Nomen ordinis ex falsam opinionem morum vescendi Caprimulgi europaei deducitur.

Systematica
Taxinomia variarum avium quae in ordinem digeruntur diu controversa difficilisque est, praecipue de Caprimulginis et de paraphylia Caprimulgiformium traditionalium erga "Apodiformes," ordinem separatum usitate putatum.

Consociatio internationalis ad naturam conservandam (IUCN) hanc Caprimulgiformium classificationem sancit, quae studia phylogenetica recentia recipit:
Familia Trochilidae (368 species)
Familia Apodidae (96 species)
Familia Caprimulgidae (98 species)
Familia Podargidae (14 species)
Familia Aegothelidae (10 species)
Familia Nyctibiidae (7 species)
Familia Hemiprocnidae (4 species)
Familia Steatornithidae (1 species)

Definitio IUCN ordinem Caprimulgiformium idem ac cladus Strisorum habet.

Notae

Bibliographia
Cleere, Nigel. 1998. Nightjars: a guide to the nightjars, nighthawks, and their relatives. Illust. Dave Nurney. Portu Novo Connecticutae: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300074573.
Cleere, Nigel. 2010. Nightjars of the world: potoos, frogmouths, oilbird and owlet-nightjars, ed. Andy Swash et Brian Clews. Ars digitalis et tabulae a Robert Still factae. WILDGuides. Princeton Novae Caesareae: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691148571, ISBN 0691148570.
Mariaux, Jean, et Michael J. Braun. 1996. "A Molecular Phylogenetic Survey of the Nightjars and Allies (Caprimulgiformes) with Special Emphasis on the Potoos (Nyctibiidae)." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 6 (2): 228–44. doi:10.1006/mpev.1996.0073. PMID 8899725.
Mayr, Gerald. 2002. "Osteological evidence for paraphyly of the avian order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars and allies)." Journal für Ornithologie 143 (1): 82–97. doi:10.1007/bf02465461.
Sibley, Charles Gald, et Jon Edward Ahlquist. 1990. The Phylogeny and classification of birds. Portu Novo Connectictuae: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-04085-7.

Nexus externi

 
Ordines animalium
Taxa Ridgway
Taxa 1881