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=== Types of Nighthawks === The subfamily Chordeilinae contains four genera and ten species.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=taxonomy |title=Taxonomy browser (Chordeilinae) |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=48287&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov}}</ref> Under the genus ''Chordeiles'' exists the greatest number of diversity in species in the subfamily with the lesser nighthawk (''Chordeiles acutipennis''), the Antillean nighthawk (''Chordeiles gundlachii''), the common nighthawk (''Chordeiles minor''), the nacunda nighthawk (''Chordeiles nacunda''), the least nighthawk (''Chordeiles pusillus''), and the sand-colored nighthawk (''Chordeiles rupestris'') comprising the category.<ref name=":2" /> The genus ''Lurocalis'' contains the chestnut-banded nighthawk (''Lurocalis nattereri''), the Rufous-bellied nighthawk (''Lurocalis rufiventris''), and the short-tailed nighthawk (''Lurocalis semitorquatus'').<ref name=":2" /> There is only one species in the monotypic genus ''Nyctiprogne'' which is the band-tailed nighthawk (''Nyctiprogne leucopyga''), a small bird differentiated from other nighthawks by its long tail and dark appearance.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yoon |first=Hyun Seok |date=2020 |title=Band-tailed Nighthawk (Nyctiprogne leucopyga), version 1.0 |url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/batnig1/cur/introduction |journal=Birds of the World |language=en |doi=10.2173/bow.batnig1.01 |issn=2771-3105|url-access=subscription }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Image !Genus !Living species |- |[[File:Nyctiprogne_leucopyga_Band-tailed_Nighthawk;_Arari,_Maranhão,_Brazil.jpg|thumb]] |''[[Nyctiprogne]]'' <small>[[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1857</small> | * [[Band-tailed nighthawk]], ''Nyctiprogne leucopyga'' * [[Plain-tailed nighthawk]], ''Nyctiprogne vielliardi'' |- |[[File:Rufous-bellied_Nighthawk.jpg|thumb]] |''[[Lurocalis]]'' <small>[[John Cassin|Cassin]], 1851</small> | * [[Rufous-bellied nighthawk]] ''Lurocalis rufiventris'' * [[Short-tailed nighthawk]], ''Lurocalis semitorquatus'' * [[Chestnut-banded Nighthawk|Chestnut-banded nighthawk]], ''Lurocalis nattereri'' |- |[[File:Common_Nighthawk.JPG|thumb]] |''[[Chordeiles]]'' <small>[[William Swainson|Swainson]], 1832</small> | * [[Nacunda nighthawk]], ''Chordeiles nacunda'' * [[Antillean nighthawk]], ''Chordeiles gundlachii'' * [[Lesser nighthawk]], ''Chordeiles acutipennis'' * [[Common nighthawk]], ''Chordeiles minor'' * [[Least nighthawk]], ''Chordeiles pusillus'' * [[Sand-colored nighthawk]], ''Chordeiles rupestris'' |}
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