Translingual

Proper noun

Caprimulgidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Caprimulgiformes – the nightjars.

Hypernyms

• (family): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Caprimulgiformes - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Caprimulgus, Chordeiles, Eleothreptus, Eurostopodus, Hydropsalis, Lurocalis, Macrodipteryx, Macropsalis, Nyctidromus, Nyctiphrynus, Nyctiprogne, Phalaenoptilus, Podager, Siphonorhis, Uropsalis - genera

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276