ITIS & Species 2000 Catalogue of Life Management Hierarchy
Acquired:
2013-08-01
Notes:
M. Ruggiero & D. Gordon, eds. 2013. Consensus Management Hierarchy for the ITIS & Species2000 Catalogue of Life. Contributors: Nicolas Bailly, Thierry Bourgoin, Richard Brusca, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Daphne Fautin, Dennis Gordon, Gerald Guala, Michael Guiry, Paul Kirk, Elliot Lefkowitz, David Mabberly, David Maddison, Alan Paton, Michael Ruggiero, Peter Stevens, and Brian Tyndall
Reference for:
Caprimulgiformes
Source:
IOC World Bird List (v 8.2), website (version 8.2)
Acquired:
2018-06-26
Notes:
Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2018. IOC World Bird List (v 8.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 26 Jun, 2018]
"Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net
Reference for:
Caprimulgiformes
Publication(s):
Caprimulgiformes: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Caprimulgiformes: Comments
Comment:
The phylogeny of Strisores (a clade encompassing hummingbirds, swifts, owlet-nightjars, frogmouths, nightjars, potoos, and the oilbird) is contentious. IOC (v8.2, 2018) '[proposes] to merge Apodiformes, including owlet-nightjars as well as swifts and hummingbirds, with the Caprimulgiform nightbirds to define a spectacular basal adaptive radiation of Neoaves.' ITIS here follows Zoonomen (2018) in recognizing potoos and the oilbird at order rank, Nyctibiiformes and Steatornithiformes respectively. This approach was argued and adopted by the South American Classification Committee by Van Remsen (February, 2016) in Proposal 703 (http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop703.htm)