Order

Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars, swifts, hummingbirds, and allies)

Selasphorus sasin sasin. Photo: (c) Steven Kurniawidjaja, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Strisores (/straɪˈsoʊriːz/ stry-SOH-reez), sometimes called nightbirds, is a clade of birds that includes the living families and orders Caprimulgidae (nightjars, nighthawks and allies), Nyctibiidae (potoos), Steatornithidae (oilbirds), Podargidae (frogmouths), Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds), as well as the Aegotheliformes (owlet-nightjars) whose distinctness was only recently realized. The Apodiformes (which include the “Trochiliformes” of the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy) and the Aegotheliformes form the Daedalornithes.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Aves (Birds)
        Order: Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars, swifts, hummingbirds, and allies)
        Family: Apodidae (Swifts) (2)
        Family: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) (5)
        Family: Caprimulgidae (Nightjars and nighthawks) (2)

Subtaxa

Family: Apodidae (Swifts)

Family: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Family: Caprimulgidae (Nightjars and nighthawks)

Where in Humboldt

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