Apodiformes
Swifts (Apodidae)
HBW 5, p. 388
- Small to medium-sized aerial birds with long, narrow wings and short, thin legs, but strong toes with sharp claws; plumage generally rather drab.
- Cosmopolitan.
- Wide variety of habitats, usually not far from water.
- 19 genera, 92 species, 276 taxa.
- 5 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
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- 8 5 3 8 1 Chestnut-collared Swift (Cypseloides rutilus)
- 1 1 8 2 Tepui Swift (Cypseloides phelpsi)
- 1 1 8 3 Black Swift (Cypseloides niger)
- 1 1 8 4 White-chested Swift (Cypseloides lemosi)
- 0 6 5 Rothschild's Swift (Cypseloides rothschildi)
- 1 1 8 6 Sooty Swift (Cypseloides fumigatus)
- 3 1 2 7 7 Spot-fronted Swift (Cypseloides cherriei)
- 4 1 3 8 8 White-chinned Swift (Cypseloides cryptus)
- 0 7 9 White-fronted Swift (Cypseloides storeri)
- 11 7 4 8 10 Great Dusky Swift (Cypseloides senex)
- 15 2 4 9 8 11 White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
- 5 1 1 3 8 12 Biscutate Swift (Streptoprocne biscutata)
- 1 1 8 13 White-naped Swift (Streptoprocne semicollaris)
- 1 1 6 14 Waterfall Swift (Hydrochous gigas)
- 11 1 4 6 8 15 Glossy Swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta)
- 4 3 1 8 16 Linchi Swiftlet (Collocalia linchi)
- 3 1 1 1 8 17 Pygmy Swiftlet (Collocalia troglodytes)
- 1 1 4 18 Seychelles Swiftlet (Aerodramus elaphrus)
- 3 3 6 19 Mascarene Swiftlet (Aerodramus francicus)
- 9 1 2 6 8 20 Indian Swiftlet (Aerodramus unicolor)
- 5 1 2 2 8 21 Philippine Swiftlet (Aerodramus mearnsi)
- 2 2 8 22 Moluccan Swiftlet (Aerodramus infuscatus)
- 2 2 8 23 Mountain Swiftlet (Aerodramus hirundinaceus)
- 11 2 1 8 8 24 White-rumped Swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius)
- 1 1 8 25 Australian Swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae)
- 2 2 8 26 Himalayan Swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)
- 0 7 27 Whitehead's Swiftlet (Aerodramus whiteheadi)
- 0 8 28 Bare-legged Swiftlet (Aerodramus nuditarsus)
- 0 7 29 Mayr's Swiftlet (Aerodramus orientalis)
- 1 1 8 30 Mossy-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus salangana)
- 6 5 1 8 31 Uniform Swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis)
- 0 8 32 Palau Swiftlet (Aerodramus pelewensis)
- 4 4 3 33 Guam Swiftlet (Aerodramus bartschi)
- 1 1 8 34 Caroline Swiftlet (Aerodramus inquietus)
- 0 4 35 Atiu Swiftlet (Aerodramus sawtelli)
- 0 8 36 Polynesian Swiftlet (Aerodramus leucophaeus)
- 1 1 8 37 Black-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus maximus)
- 7 5 2 8 38 Edible-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus)
- 0 7 39 Papuan Swiftlet (Aerodramus papuensis)
- 0 8 40 Scarce Swift (Schoutedenapus myoptilus)
- 0 4 41 Schouteden's Swift (Schoutedenapus schoutedeni)
- 2 2 6 42 Philippine Spinetail (Mearnsia picina)
- 1 1 8 43 Papuan Spinetail (Mearnsia novaeguineae)
- 1 1 8 44 Madagascar Spinetail (Zoonavena grandidieri)
- 0 8 45 Sao Tome Spinetail (Zoonavena thomensis)
- 3 2 1 8 46 White-rumped Spinetail (Zoonavena sylvatica)
- 3 2 1 8 47 Silver-rumped Spinetail (Rhaphidura leucopygialis)
- 1 1 8 48 Sabine's Spinetail (Rhaphidura sabini)
- 1 1 8 49 Cassin's Spinetail (Neafrapus cassini)
- 5 5 8 51 Böhm's Spinetail (Neafrapus boehmi)
- 1 1 8 52 Mottled Spinetail (Telecanthura ussheri)
- 0 8 53 Black Spinetail (Telecanthura melanopygia)
- 4 3 1 8 53 White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
- 0 8 54 Silver-backed Needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)
- 5 2 3 8 55 Brown-backed Needletail (Hirundapus giganteus)
- 2 1 1 8 56 Purple Needletail (Hirundapus celebensis)
- 5 1 2 2 8 57 Band-rumped Swift (Chaetura spinicauda)
- 0 8 58 Lesser Antillean Swift (Chaetura martinica)
- 4 1 2 1 8 59 Grey-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
- 2 2 8 60 Pale-rumped Swift (Chaetura egregia)
- 6 3 3 8 61 Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
- 5 1 2 2 8 62 Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi)
- 0 8 63 Chapman's Swift (Chaetura chapmani)
- 13 5 8 8 64 Short-tailed Swift (Chaetura brachyura)
- 4 2 1 1 8 65 Ashy-tailed Swift (Chaetura andrei)
- 5 1 2 2 8 66 White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)
- 3 1 2 8 67 White-tipped Swift (Aeronautes montivagus)
- 9 4 5 8 68 Andean Swift (Aeronautes andecolus)
- 0 8 69 Antillean Palm-swift (Tachornis phoenicobia)
- 0 8 70 Pygmy Swift (Tachornis furcata)
- 6 1 3 2 8 71 Fork-tailed Palm-swift (Tachornis squamata)
- 0 8 72 Great Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila sanctihieronymi)
- 4 2 2 8 73 Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis)
- 4 3 1 8 74 African Palm-swift (Cypsiurus parvus)
- 6 3 3 8 75 Asian Palm-swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
- 18 1 14 3 8 76 Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba)
- 2 2 8 77 Mottled Swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis)
- 2 2 8 78 Alexander's Swift (Apus alexandri)
- 40 4 27 9 8 79 Common Swift (Apus apus)
- 4 4 8 80 Plain Swift (Apus unicolor)
- 1 1 8 81 Nyanza Swift (Apus niansae)
- 11 1 7 3 8 82 Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)
- 1 1 8 83 African Swift (Apus barbatus)
- 0 8 84 Forbes-watson's Swift (Apus berliozi)
- 3 2 1 8 85 Bradfield's Swift (Apus bradfieldi)
- 7 4 3 8 86 Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus)
- 2 2 4 87 Dark-rumped Swift (Apus acuticauda)
- 13 1 8 4 8 88 Little Swift (Apus affinis)
- 3 2 1 8 90 Horus Swift (Apus horus)
- 5 4 1 8 91 White-rumped Swift (Apus caffer)
- 0 8 92 Bates's Swift (Apus batesi)
- 5 1 1 3 8 95 House Swift (Apus nipalensis)
Family statistics
19 genera, 92 species
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| 18 genera | (95%) |
| 71 species | (77%) |
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