Chordeiles

Chordeiles is a New World genus of nighthawks in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Chordeiles was introduced in 1832 by the English zoologist William Swainson with Caprimulgus virginianus Gmelin, JF, 1789, as the type species. This is a junior synonym of Camprimulgus minor Forster, JR, 1771, the common nighthawk. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek χορδή/khordē meaning "chord" and δείλη/deilē meaning "evening".

The genus contains the following six species:

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