Strisores

Traditional Two Orders: Apodiformes Caprimulgiformes
Single Order: Caprimulgiformes
Multiple Orders: Caprimulgiformes Vanescaves Sedentaves Letornithes

Strisores; Temporal range: ; Paleocene - Holocene, 60–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor; (Caprimulgidae)
	Male rufous hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus; (Trochilidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Passerea
Clade:	Strisores; Cabanis, 1847
Orders
	Traditional Two Orders: Apodiformes; Caprimulgiformes; ; Single Order: Caprimulgiformes; ; Multiple Orders: Caprimulgiformes; Vanescaves Sedentaves; Letornithes; ; ;

Strisores[1] is a clade of birds. It includes the Caprimulgiformes and some of the Apodiformes. The relationships of these groups is not yet settled.[2]

References

Whitney, William Dwight (1896), The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, vol. VII, New York: The Century Co., p. 5996
Cracraft, Joel 2013. Avian higher‐level relationships and classification: Non-passerines. in Dickinson, Edward C; Van Remsen, James Jr. (eds) Non-passerines, The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the World, 1 (4th ed). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press, pp. xxi–xlii. ISBN 9780956861108

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