سبديات

Caprimulgiformes
Large-tailed Nightjar, Caprimulgus macrurus
التصنيف العلمي
مملكة:	الحيوان
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	الطيور
Infraclass:	حديثات الفك
(unranked):	Cypselomorphae
Order:	Caprimulgiformes Ridgway, 1881
Families
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The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution (except Antarctica). They are generally insectivorous and nocturnal. The order gets its name from the Latin for "goat-sucker", an old name based on an erroneous view of the European Nightjar's feeding habits.

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