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Chordeiles
Sign in to saveChordeiles is a New World genus of nighthawks in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
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Common Nighthawk
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCaprimulgiformes
- FamilyCaprimulgidae
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Observations recorded1,200,159
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Chordeiles is a New World genus of nighthawks in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
==Taxonomy== The genus Chordeiles was introduced in 1832 by the English zoologist William Swainson with Caprimulgus virginianus Gmelin, JF, 1789, as the type species. This is a junior synonym of Camprimulgus minor Forster, JR, 1771, the common nighthawk. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek χορδή/khordē meaning "chord" and δείλη/deilē meaning "evening".
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