''Chordeiles'' is a New World genus of

nighthawk The nighthawk is a nocturnal bird of the subfamily Chordeilinae, within the nightjar family, Caprimulgidae, which is a grouping of 92 species of medium-sized birds with long wings and short bills specialized for eating insects. The nighthawk's ...

s in the family Caprimulgidae. It contains the following species: The genus name ''Chordeiles'' is from

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

''khoreia'', a dance with music, and ''deile'', "evening".

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Bird genera Birds of the Americas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by William Swainson {{caprimulgiformes-stub