Cypselomorph
| Strisores Temporal range: Paleocene - Holocene, 60–0 Ma |
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Common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor (Caprimulgidae) |
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| Male rufous hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus (Trochilidae) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Neoaves |
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Cypselomorphae Baird, 1858 |
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Strisores (/ˈstraɪsərz/ STRY-sorz; /ˈstraɪzərz/ STRY-zorz; /ˈstriːsərs/ STREE-sorz) is a clade of birds. It includes the living families and orders Caprimulgidae (nightjars, nighthawks and allies), Nyctibiidae (potoos), Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds), as well as the Aegotheliformes (owlet-nightjars) whose distinctness was only recently realized. The Apodiformes (which include the "Trochiliformes" of the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy) and the Aegotheliformes form the Daedalornithes.
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