Biology:Hirundapus

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Short description: Genus of birds

Hirundapus
White-throated Needletail kobble jan05.jpg
White-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Tribe: Chaeturini
Genus: Hirundapus
Hodgson, 1837
Type species
Cypselus nudipes[1]
Hodgson, 1837

Hirundapus is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae. The name Hirundapus is constructed from the names of the swallow genus Hirundo and the swift genus Apus.[2]

It contains the following species:

References

Wikidata ☰ Q135898 entry