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Order Macrochires - Goatsuckers, Swifts and Humming-birds

Family Micropolidae: Swifts bird information
Family Trochilidae: Humming birds information
Order Macrochires - Goatsuckers, Swifts and Humming-birds

Family Caprimulgidae: Nighthawks, Whippoorwills, etc.

Medium-sized, mottled brownish, gray, black, and white birds of heavy build. Short, thick head; gaping, large mouth; very small bill, with bristles at base. Take insect food on the wing. Feet small and weak; wings long and powerful. These birds rest lengthwise on their perch while sleeping through the brightest daylight hours, or on the ground, where they nest.

Nighthawk bird information

Whippoorwill bird information