Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Caprimulgiformes - (Family) Caprimulgidae
Original position
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
		Historical positions
		
			
				| Caprimulginae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825 | Ref: 
						
							E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 241. | 
				
					| Caprimulginae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825 | Ref: 
							
								B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 84. | 
					
						| Caprimulgidae (Family) Vigors, 1825 | Ref: 
								
									W.J. Bock, 1982: 990.
								 [rough position] | 
						
							| Caprimulgidae (Family) Vigors, 1825 | Ref: 
									
										B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 580. | 
							
								| Passeres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
										
											C. a Linné, 1766: 119, 346. | 
								
									| Passeres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
											
												C. Linnaeus, 1758: 85, 193.
											 [new taxon] | 
								
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