Chordeiles
Taxonavigation
Familia: Caprimulgidae
Subfamilia: Chordeilinae
Genus:
Species: C. acutipennis – C. gundlachii – C. minor – C. nacunda – C. pusillus – C. rupestris
Name
Chordeiles Swainson, 1832
- Typus: Caprimulgus minor J.R. Forster, 1771 = Chordeiles minor
Synonyms
References
Primary references
- Swainson, W. Northern Zoology. Part II Aves. In: Swainson, W. & Richardson, J. 1831. Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. Part Second, The Birds. pp. 1–523. John Murray. London DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.39293 First availability p. 496 BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Han, K.-L., Robbins, M.B., Braun, M.J. 2010. A multi-gene estimate of phylogeny in the nightjars and nighthawks (Caprimulgidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 443-453. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.023 ResearchGate Reference page.
Vernacular names
- English: Nighthawks
- español: Añaperos; chotacabras; atajacaminos
- português: Bacuraus
