Caprimulgus

**Caprimulgus**
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Instance of	taxon;
Different from	Q19799057; basket;
Common name
	العربية: سبد; مصرى: سبد; Kotava: Sempuz; български: козодои; čeština: lelek; Deutsch: Ziegenmelker; Thuɔŋjäŋ: Awuokŋuan; eʋegbe: Aʋaluƒui; Ελληνικά: Αιγοθήλης; Esperanto: Kaprimulgoj; eesti: Öösorr; فارسی: شبگردهای نمادین; گیلکی: سبد; עברית: תחמס; हिन्दी: कैप्रीमल्गस; Taqbaylit: Megdiṭes; қазақша: Тентекқұстардың туысы; latviešu: Lēļi; Diné bizaad: Naakʼidoolwoshii íiyisígíí; русский: Козодои; српски / srpski: Легањ; українська: Дрімлюга; Tiếng Việt: Cú muỗi; 中文: 夜鹰属; 中文（中国大陆）: 夜鹰属; 中文（臺灣）: 夜鷹屬;
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Superphylum	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Megaclass	Osteichthyes
Superclass	Sarcopterygii
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Aves
Subclass	Neognathae
Superorder	Neoaves
Order	Caprimulgiformes
Family	Caprimulgidae
Subfamily	Caprimulginae
Genus	Caprimulgus
Taxon author	Carl Linnaeus, 1758
Authority file
	Q198823; NCBI taxonomy ID: 48284; ITIS TSN: 177959; BioLib taxon ID: 8777; Fossilworks taxon ID: 124206; GBIF taxon ID: 2496826; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 206666; ZooBank ID for name or act: 7BCFFAEA-2A64-426E-9BC5-7818F299A2CF; Fauna Europaea ID: 97056; Plazi ID: E27A4414-6EED-990F-B18E-CA4C18826F50; EPPO Code: 1CPMGG; iNaturalist taxon ID: 19377; NBN System Key: NHMSYS0000530240; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 4609; ADW taxon ID: Caprimulgus; IRMNG ID: 1034317
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IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Cladus: Neognathae • Cladus: Neoaves • Cladus: Strisores • Ordo: Caprimulgiformes • Familia: Caprimulgidae • Genus: Caprimulgus Linnaeus, 1758

Vernacular names

English: Nightjars
Afrikaans: Naguile
Deutsch: Ziegenmelker
Esperanto: Kaprimulgoj
русский: Козодои
中文: 夜鹰属

Included species (for IOC classification 8.1):

C. aegyptius, C. affinis, C. andamanicus, C. asiaticus, C. atripennis, C. batesi, C. celebensis, C. centralasicus, C. clarus, C. climacurus, C. concretus, C. donaldsoni, C. europaeus, C. eximius, C. fossii, C. fraenatus, C. indicus, C. inornatus, C. jotaka, C. longipennis, C. macrurus, C. madagascariensis, C. mahrattensis, C. manillensis, C. meesi, C. natalensis, C. nigriscapularis, C. nubicus, C. pectoralis, C. phalaena, C. poliocephalus, C. prigoginei, C. pulchellus, C. ruficollis, C. rufigena, C. solala, C. stellatus, C. tristigma, C. vexillarius

Included species (for IOC classification 4.1):

C. aegyptius, C. affinis, C. andamanicus, C. asiaticus, C. atripennis, C. batesi, C. celebensis, C. centralasicus, C. clarus, C. climacurus, C. concretus, C. donaldsoni, C. europaeus, C. eximius, C. fossii, C. fraenatus, C. indicus, C. inornatus, C. jotaka, C. longipennis, C. macrurus, C. madagascariensis, C. mahrattensis, C. manillensis, C. meesi, C. natalensis, C. nigriscapularis, C. nubicus, C. pectoralis, C. phalaena, C. poliocephalus, C. prigoginei, C. pulchellus, C. ruficollis, C. rufigena, C. ruwenzorii, C. solala, C. stellatus, C. tristigma, C. vexillarius

Note: The two species placed in genus Macrodipteryx by IOC classification 3.5 have been moved in genus Caprimulgus as species Caprimulgus longipennis, Caprimulgus vexillarius

Included species (for IOC classification 3.4):

C. aegyptius, C. affinis, C. andamanicus, C. asiaticus, C. atripennis, C. batesi, C. celebensis, C. centralasicus, C. clarus, C. climacurus, C. concretus, C. donaldsoni, C. europaeus, C. eximius, C. fossii, C. fraenatus, C. indicus, C. inornatus, C. jotaka, C. macrurus, C. madagascariensis, C. mahrattensis, C. manillensis, C. meesi, C. natalensis, C. nigriscapularis, C. nubicus, C. pectoralis, C. phalaena, C. poliocephalus, C. prigoginei, C. pulchellus, C. ruficollis, C. rufigena, C. ruwenzorii, C. solala, C. stellatus, C. tristigma