| Chordeiles | |
|---|---|
 Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) | |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus | Chordeiles |
Chordeiles is a genus of nightjars in the Caprimulgidae family.
The genus name Chordeiles is from Ancient Greek khoreia, a dance with music, and deile, "evening".
Species[]
It contains the following species:
Lesser Nighthawk (Hermann, 1783) (Chordeiles acutipennis) Antillean Nighthawk (Lawrence, 1856) (Chordeiles gundlachii) Common Nighthawk (J. R. Forster, 1771) (Chordeiles minor) Nacunda Nighthawk (Vieillot, 1817) (Chordeiles nacunda) Least Nighthawk (Gould, 1861) (Chordeiles pusillus) Sand-coloured Nighthawk (Spix, 1825) (Chordeiles rupestris)