Order

Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars, swifts, hummingbirds, and allies)

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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.

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Subtaxa

Family: Apodidae (Swifts)

Family: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Family: Caprimulgidae (Nightjars and nighthawks)

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Discussion

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