Loong Meng Onn
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Personally, I’m often amused that many still state that the Tawny Frogmouth is part of the nightjar family!
Taxonomy Discussion Thread
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Not family but the treatment of the orders is rather confusing considering how many basal level splits there are in Caprimulgiformes, I think treating them as the 'nightjar family/order' with Strisores (hummingbirds & swifts) lumped in honestly isn't the worst treatment but I feel it's more a matter of personal opinion.
Of course calling frogmouths nightjars is just straight up wrong lol
Loong Meng Onn
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That’s what I meant i.e. Tawny Frogmouths are in the Podargidae family while nightjars are in the Caprimulgidae family. But oftentimes, I hear people say that Tawny Frogmouths are in the same family as nightjars!