Biology:List of swifts in taxonomic order
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This is a list of swifts by tribe and genus as published by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC).[1][2]
Tribe Cypseloidini
- Genus Cypseloides
- Spot-fronted swift (Cypseloides cherriei)
- White-chinned swift (Cypseloides cryptus)
- Sooty swift (Cypseloides fumigatus)
- White-chested swift (Cypseloides lemosi)
- Rothschild's swift (Cypseloides rothschildi)
- Great dusky swift (Cypseloides senex)
- White-fronted swift (Cypseloides storeri)
- Chestnut-collared swift (Cypseloides rutilus)
- American black swift (Cypseloides niger)
- Genus Streptoprocne
- Biscutate swift (Streptoprocne biscutata)
- Tepui swift (Streptoprocne phelpsi)
- White-naped swift (Streptoprocne semicollaris)
- White-collared swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
- Chestnut-collared swift (Streptoprocne rutila)
Tribe Collocaliini - swiftlets
- Genus Collocalia
- Glossy swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta)
- Cave swiftlet (Collocalia linchi)
- Pygmy swiftlet (Collocalia troglodytes)
- Bornean swiftlet (Collocalia dodgei)
- Genus Aerodramus sometimes included in Collocalia
- Seychelles swiftlet (Aerodramus elaphrus)
- Mascarene swiftlet (Aerodramus francicus)
- Indian swiftlet (Aerodramus unicolor)
- Philippine swiftlet (Aerodramus mearnsi)
- Halmahera swiftlet (Aerodramus infuscatus)
- Sulawesi swiftlet (Aerodramus sororum)
- Seram swiftlet (Aerodramus ceramensis)
- Mountain swiftlet (Aerodramus hirundinaceus)
- White-rumped swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius)
- Australian swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae)
- Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)
- Indochinese swiftlet (Aerodramus rogersi) sometimes included in A. brevirostris
- Volcano swiftlet (Aerodramus vulcanorum) sometimes included in A. brevirostris
- Whitehead's swiftlet (Aerodramus whiteheadi)
- Bare-legged swiftlet (Aerodramus nuditarsus)
- Mayr's swiftlet (Aerodramus orientalis)
- Palawan swiftlet (Aerodramus palawanensis)
- Mossy-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus salangana) sometimes included in A. vanikorensis
- Uniform swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis)
- Palau swiftlet (Aerodramus pelewensis)
- Mariana swiftlet (Aerodramus bartschi)
- Island swiftlet (Aerodramus inquietus)
- Atiu swiftlet (Aerodramus sawtelli)
- Tahiti swiftlet (Aerodramus leucophaeus)
- Marquesan swiftlet (Aerodramus ocistus)
- Black-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus maximus)
- Edible-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus)
- Germain's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)
- Three-toed swiftlet (Aerodramus papuensis)
- Genus Hydrochous
- Giant swiftlet (Hydrochous gigas)
- Genus Schoutedenapus - African swiftlets
- Scarce swift (Schoutedenapus myoptilus)
- Schouteden's swift (Schoutedenapus schoutedeni)
Tribe Chaeturini - needletails
- Genus Mearnsia
- Philippine spine-tailed swift (Mearnsia picina)
- Papuan spine-tailed swift (Mearnsia novaeguineae)
- Genus Zoonavena
- Madagascar spinetail (Zoonavena grandidieri)
- São Tomé spinetail (Zoonavena thomensis)
- White-rumped spinetail (Zoonavena sylvatica)
- Genus Telacanthura
- Black spinetail (Telacanthura melanopygia)
- Mottled spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri)
- Genus Rhaphidura
- Silver-rumped spinetail (Rhaphidura leucopygialis)
- Sabine's spinetail (Rhaphidura sabini)
- Genus Neafrapus
- Böhm's spinetail (Neafrapus boehmi)
- Cassin's spinetail (Neafrapus cassini)
- Genus Hirundapus
- White-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
- Purple needletail (Hirundapus celebensis)
- Silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)
- Brown-backed needletail (Hirundapus giganteus)
- Genus Chaetura
- Band-rumped swift (Chaetura spinicauda)
- Lesser Antillean swift (Chaetura martinica)
- Gray-rumped swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
- Pale-rumped swift (Chaetura egregia)
- Chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica)
- Vaux's swift (Chaetura vauxi)
- Chapman's swift (Chaetura chapmani)
- Short-tailed swift (Chaetura brachyura)
- Ashy-tailed swift (Chaetura andrei)
- Sick's swift (Chaetura meridionalis)
- Amazonian swift (Chaetura viridipennis)
- Costa Rican swift (Chaetura fumosa)
Tribe Apodini - typical swifts
- Genus Aeronautes
- White-throated swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)
- White-tipped swift (Aeronautes montivagus)
- Andean swift (Aeronautes andecolus)
- Genus Tachornis
- Pygmy palm swift (Tachornis furcata)
- Neotropical palm swift (Tachornis squamata)
- Antillean palm swift (Tachornis phoenicobia)
- Genus Panyptila
- Great swallow-tailed swift (Panyptila sanctihieronymi)
- Lesser swallow-tailed swift (Panyptila cayennensis)
- Genus Cypsiurus
- Asian palm swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
- African palm swift (Cypsiurus parvus)
- Genus Tachymarptis
- Alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba)
- Mottled swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis)
- Genus Apus
- 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)
- Forbes-Watson's swift (Apus berliozi)
- Bradfield's swift (Apus bradfieldi)
- Malagasy black swift (Apus balstoni)
- 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)
- Fernando Po swift (Apus sladeniae)
References
- ↑ "Swifts, hummingbirds & allies". World bird list version 3.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. https://www.webcitation.org/652TTMxoJ?url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/n-swifts.html. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ↑ 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.
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