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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Class Reptilia
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Class Aves (birds)
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Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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Order Caprimulgiformes (nightbirds)
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Family Caprimulgidae (nightjars, nighthawks, and relatives)
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Genus Caprimulgus (nightjars) -
Genus Chordeiles (nighthawks)
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Eleothreptus (sickle-winged nightjar) -
Eurostopodus (Asian nightjars)
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Hydropsalis (South American nightjars)
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Lurocalis (nighthawks)
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Macrodipteryx (African nightjars)
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Macropsalis (long-trained nightjar)
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Genus Nyctidromus (pauraques)
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Nyctiphrynus (poorwills)
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Nyctiprogne (band-tailed nighthawk)
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Genus Phalaenoptilus (poorwills)
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Podager (Nacunda nighthawk)
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Siphonorhis (Antillean pauraques)
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Uropsalis (Andean nightjars)
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Veles (brown nightjar)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
