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• Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
  • Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
    • Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
      • Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
        • Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
          • Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
            • Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812
              • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
                • Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
                  • Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758
                    • Subclass: Avialae () - Gauthier, 1986
                      • Infraclass: Aves () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
                        • Cohort: Neognathae () - Pycraft, 1900
                          • Superorder: Cypselomorphae () - Huxley, 1867
                            • Order: Caprimulgiformes () - Ridgway, 1881
                              • Suborder: Caprimulgi () - Ridgway, 1881
                                • Infraorder: Caprimulgides ()
                                  • Parvorder: Caprimulgida ()
                                    • Superfamily: Caprimulgoidea ()
                                      • Family: Caprimulgidae () - Vigors, 1825
                                        • Subfamily: Chordeilinae ()
                                          • Genus: Chordeiles () - Swainson, 1831[1832]
                                            • Specific name: gundlachii - Lawrence 1857
                                              • Form: ;
                                              Name Status: Accepted Name .
                                              
                                              First described: Leconte John Lawrence Report upon Insects Collected on the Survey. In Reports of Explorations and Surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean Made under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-5, according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854 and August 5, 1854, 12 (2) 3 Zoological Report No. 1, Report upon the insects collected on the survey: 1-72, 2 pls., 1857.
                                              
                                              Last scrutiny: 28-Sep-2005

                                              Similar Species

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                                              The Antillean Nighthawk is very similar to other nighthawks and is best distinguished by call.

                                              Members of the genus Chordeiles

                                              ZipcodeZoo has pages for 20 species and subspecies in this genus:

                                              C. acutipennis (Sharp-Winged Nighthawk) · C. acutipennis acutipennis (Lesser Nighthawk) · C. acutipennis inferior (Lesser Nighthawk) · C. acutipennis texensis (Lesser Nighthawk) · C. gundlachii (Antillean Nighthawk) · C. gundlachii gundlachii (Antillean Nighthawk) · C. minor (Long-Winged Goatsucker) · C. minor aserriensis (Common Nighthawk) · C. minor chapmani (Common Nighthawk) · C. minor henryi (Common Nighthawk) · C. minor hesperis (Common Nighthawk) · C. minor howelli (Common Nighthawk) · C. minor minor (Common Nighthawk) · C. minor sennetti (Common Nighthawk) · C. minor vicinus (Common Nighthawk) · C. nacunda (Nacunda Nighthawk) · C. pusillus (Least Nighthawk) · C. pusillus pusillus (Least Nighthawk) · C. rupestris (Sand-Coloured Nighthawk) · C. rupestris rupestris (Sand-Coloured Nighthawk)

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                                              Further Reading

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                                              • A monograph of the genus Chordeiles Swainson: type of a new family of goatsuckers / Washington: G.P.O., 1914. url , .
                                              • Birds of the Northwest: a hand-book of the ornithology of the region drained by the Missouri River and its tributaries / by Elliott Coues. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1874. url p. 264.
                                              • Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 1, p. 257, p. 4, p. 463, p. 577, p. 84, p. 85.
                                              • Catalogue of a collection of American birds / belonging to Philip Lutley Sclater. London: N. Trubner and Co., 1862. url p. 279.
                                              • Check-list of North American birds: the species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands / prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Orni Lawrence, Kan.: American Ornithologists' Union, 1983. url p. 309.
                                              • Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 188.
                                              • Insects of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. New York, The Academy. url p. 437.
                                              • Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. Cambridge, Mass.: The Club, 1886- url p. 134.
                                              • Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 796.
                                              • Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 20.
                                              • The birds of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the higher groups, genera, species, and subspecies of birds known to occur in North America, from the Arctic lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other island Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1901- url .
                                              • The birds of the West Indies. Including all speciesknown to occur in the Bahama Islands, the Greater Antilles, the Caymans, and the Lesser Antilles, excepting the islands of Tobago and Trinidad. By Charles B. Cory. Boston, Estes & Lauriat, 1889. url p. 135.

                                              Notes

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                                              Contributors

                                              • BirdLife International 2004. Chordeiles gundlachii. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
                                              • BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
                                              • BirdLife International 2009. Chordeiles gundlachii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
                                              • Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
                                              • Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
                                              • Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 11, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
                                              • Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
                                              • IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
                                              • Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, &quot;Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds,&quot; in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
                                              • Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
                                              • Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
                                              • Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2005. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2004. Version 2005.2. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
                                              • Sauer, J. R., S. Schwartz, and B. Hoover. 1996. The Christmas Bird Count Home Page. Version 95.1. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD

                                              Data Sources

                                              Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:
                                              
                                              

                                              • Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
                                              • University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

                                              Identifiers

                                              • Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
                                              • Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-177992
                                              • Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13525038
                                              • Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 177992
                                              • IUCN ID: 200234
                                              • Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNTA02030
                                              • Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 8572