Strigiformes

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Neornithes (2,057 genera / 9,672 species)
Infraclass: Eoaves
Parvclass: Passerae
Superorder: Strigimorphae
Order: Strigiformes (45/291 – barn and grass owls, typical owls, owlet-nightjars, frogmouths, oilbird, potoos, eared-nightjars, nighthawks, nightjars)

Suborder: Strigi
Parvorder: Tytonida
Family: Tytonidae (2/17 – barn owls, grass owls)
Parvorder: Strigida
Family: Strigidae (23/161 – typical owls)
Suborder: Aegotheli
Family: Aegothelidae (1/8 – owlet-nightjars)
Suborder: Caprimulgi
Infraorder: Podargides
Family: Podargidae (1/3 – Australian frogmouths)
Family: Batrachostomidae (1/11 – Asian frogmouths)
Infraorder: Caprimulgides
Parvorder: Steatornithida
Superfamily: Steatornithoidea
Family: Steatornithidae (1/1 – oilbird)
Superfamily: Nyctibioidea
Family: Nyctibiidae (1/7 – potoos)
Parvorder: Caprimulgida
Superfamily: Eurostopodoidea
Family: Eurostopodidae (1/7 – eared-nightjars)
Superfamily: Caprimulgoidea
Family: Caprimulgidae (14/76)
Subfamily: Chordeilinae (nighthawks)
Subfamily: Caprimulginae (nightjars)

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