Biology:List of swifts

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These 113 species of swifts (family Apodidae) are recognized by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC). They are distributed among four tribes and 19 genera.[1][2] However, the family's taxonomy is not settled. The Clements taxonomy recognizes 116 species[3] and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World recognizes only 97[4].

Tribe Cypseloidini

Tribe Collocaliini - swiftlets

  • Genus Hydrochous
  • Genus Schoutedenapus

Tribe Chaeturini - needletails

Tribe Apodini - typical swifts

  • Alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba)
  • Mottled swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis)
  • Cape Verde swift (Apus alexandri)
  • Common swift (Apus apus)
  • Plain swift (Apus unicolor)
  • Nyanza swift (Apus niansae)
  • Pallid swift (Apus pallidus)
  • African black swift (Apus barbatus)
  • Malagasy black swift (Apus balstoni)
  • Fernando Po swift (Apus sladeniae)
  • Forbes-Watson's swift (Apus berliozi)
  • Bradfield's swift (Apus bradfieldi)
  • Pacific swift (Apus pacificus)
  • Salim Ali's swift (Apus salimalii)
  • Blyth's swift (Apus leuconyx)
  • Cook's swift (Apus cooki)
  • Dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
  • Little swift (Apus affinis)
  • House swift (Apus nipalensis)
  • Horus swift (Apus horus)
  • White-rumped swift (Apus caffer)
  • Bates's swift (Apus batesi)

References

  1. "Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts, swifts". January 2024. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/swifts/. 
  2. Chantler, Phillip; Driessens, Gerard (2000). Swifts: A Guide to the Swifts and Treeswifts of the World. London: Pica Press. pp. 19–20. ISBN 1-873403-83-6. 
  3. Clements, J. F., P.C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ retrieved October 28, 2023
  4. HBW and BirdLife International (2023). Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 8. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v8_Dec23.zip retrieved December 28, 2023