Chordeiles
Genus of birds
Chordeiles | |
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Common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
Family: | Caprimulgidae |
Subfamily: | Chordeilinae |
Genus: | Chordeiles Swainson, 1832 |
Synonyms | |
Podager |
Chordeiles is a New World genus of nighthawks in the family Caprimulgidae. It contains the following species:[1]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Chordeiles pusillus | Least nighthawk | northern South America |
![]() | Chordeiles rupestris | Sand-coloured nighthawk | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela |
![]() | Chordeiles minor | Common nighthawk | South America to northern North America. |
![]() | Chordeiles acutipennis | Lesser nighthawk | United States through South America |
Chordeiles gundlachii | Antillean nighthawk | the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas and the Florida Keys in the United States. | |
![]() | Chordeiles nacunda | Nacunda nighthawk | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela |
The genus name Chordeiles is from Ancient Greek khoreia, a dance with music, and deile, "evening".[2]
References
- ^ "ITIS Report: Chordeiles Swainson, 1832". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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