Chordeiles
| Chordeiles | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
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Chordeiles is a New World genus of nighthawks in the family Caprimulgidae. It contains the following species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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The genus name Chordeiles is from Ancient Greek khoreia, a dance with music, and deile, "evening".