Aegotheliformes

Aegotheles bennettii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aegotheliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Parvclassis: Neornithes Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Superordo: Caprimulgimorphae Ordo: Aegotheliformes

‎Infraclassis: Aves
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Superordo: Caprimulgimorphae
Ordo: Aegotheliformes
Familiae: Aegothelidae

Name

Aegotheliformes Simonetta, 1967 ["Aegothelae"]

Synonymy

• Aegothelae Simonetta, 1967
• Aegotheliformes Worthy et al., 2007: 25

References

Primary references

• Simonetta, A.M. 1967. Cinesi e morfologia del cranio negli Ucelli non passeriformi. Studio su varie tendenze evolative. II – Striges, Caprimulgiformes ed Apodiformes. Archive Zoologico Italiano 52: 1–35. Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.H., Tennyson, A.J.D., Jones, C., McNamara, J.A. & Douglas, B.J. 2007. Miocene waterfowl and other birds from Central Otago, New Zealand. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5(1): 1–39. DOI: 10.1017/S1477201906001957 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mayr, G. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships of the paraphyletic 'caprimulgiform' birds (nightjars and allies). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 48(2): 126–137. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2009.00552.x PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts, swifts – IOC World Bird List v12.1

Vernacular names

English: Owlet-nightjars