kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Caprimulgiformes >
family: Caprimulgidae >
genus: Caprimulgus Linnaeus, 1758 >
species: Caprimulgus rufigena A. Smith, 1845 >
Africa