THE
SPECIES
There are around 100 species of swifts, normally grouped into two subfamilies and four tribes which can be referred by the list of swifts by tribe and genus as published by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC):
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| ALPINE SWIFT |
This is a list 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)
!NUM3R1CS F4CTS!
Reported
flying at up to 169 km/h.
In a
single year the common swift can cover at least 200,000 km
common
swift can cruise at a maximum speed of 31 meters per sec!
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REFERENCES:
- "Swifts, hummingbirds & allies". World bird list version 3.3. International Ornithologists' Union. 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.
- http://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/AlpineSwift.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiftlet#Species
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