Apodinae

The Apodinae are a subfamily of swifts and contain the following species:

Tribe Collocaliini - swiftlets Genus Collocalia Plume-toed swiftlet (Collocalia affinis) Grey-rumped swiftlet (Collocalia marginata) Ridgetop swiftlet (Collocalia isonota) Tenggara swiftlet (Collocalia sumbawae) Drab swiftlet (Collocalia neglecta) Glossy swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta) Subspecies: C. e. affinis, C. e. elachyptera, C. e. cyanoptila, C. e. vanderbilti, C. e. oberholseri, C. e. natalis, C. e. septentrionalis, C. e. isonota, C. e. marginata, C. e. bagobo, C. e. spilura, C. e. manadensis, C. e. esculenta, C. e. minuta, C. e. sumbawae, C. e. perneglecta, C. e. neglecta, C. e. amethystina, C. e. erwini, C. e. numforensis, C. e. nitens, C. e. misimae, C. e. stresemanni, C. e. heinrothi, C. e. spilogaster, C. e. tametamele, C. e. becki, C. e. makirensis, C. e. desiderata, C. e. uropygialis, & C. e. albidior Satin swiftlet (Collocalia uropygialis) Bornean swiftlet (Collocalia dodgei) Cave swiftlet (Collocalia linchi) Subspecies: C. l. ripleyi, C. l. dodgei, C. l. linchi, & C. l. dedii Christmas Island swiftlet (Collocalia natalis) Pygmy swiftlet (Collocalia troglodytes) Genus Aerodramus sometimes included in Collocalia Seychelles swiftlet (Aerodramus elaphrus) Mascarene swiftlet (Aerodramus francicus) Indian swiftlet (Aerodramus unicolor) Philippine swiftlet (Aerodramus mearnsi) Moluccan swiftlet (Aerodramus infuscatus) Subspecies: A. i. sororum, A. i. infuscatus, & A. i. ceramensis Sulawesi swiftlet (Aerodramus sororum) Seram swiftlet (Aerodramus ceramensis) Mountain swiftlet (Aerodramus hirundinaceus) Subspecies: A. h. baru, A. h. excelsus, & A. h. hirundinaceus White-rumped swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius) Subspecies: A. s. delichon, A. s. eichhorni, A. s. noonaedanae, A. s. reichenowi, A. s. desolatus, A. s. epiensis, A. s. ingens, A. s. leucopygius, A. s. assimilis, A. s. townsendi, & A. s. spodiopygius Australian swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae) Subspecies: A. t. terraereginae, & A. t. chillagoensis Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris) Subspecies: A. b. brevirostris, A. b. innominatus, & A. b. rogersi Indochinese swiftlet (Aerodramus rogersi) sometimes included in A. brevirostris Volcano swiftlet (Aerodramus vulcanorum) sometimes included in A. brevirostris Whitehead's swiftlet (Aerodramus whiteheadi) Subspecies: A. w. whiteheadi, & A. w. origenis Bare-legged swiftlet (Aerodramus nuditarsus) Mayr's swiftlet (Aerodramus orientalis) Subspecies: A. o. leletensis, & A. o. orientalis Palawan swiftlet (Aerodramus palawanensis) Mossy-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus salangana) sometimes included in A. vanikorensis Subspecies: A. s. natunae, A. s. maratua, A. s. aerophilus, & A. s. salangana Uniform swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis) Subspecies: A. v. amelis, A. v. palawanensis, A. v. aenigma, A. v. heinrichi, A. v. moluccarum, A. v. waigeuensis, A. v. steini, A. v. yorki, A. v. tagulae, A. v. coultasi, A. v. pallens, A. v. lihirensis, A. v. lugubris, & A. v. vanikorensis Palau swiftlet (Aerodramus pelewensis) Mariana swiftlet (Aerodramus bartschi) Island swiftlet (Aerodramus inquietus) Subspecies: A. i. rukensis, A. i. ponapensis, & A. i. inquietus Atiu swiftlet (Aerodramus sawtelli) Tahiti swiftlet (Aerodramus leucophaeus) Subspecies: A. l. leucophaeus, A. l. ocistus, & A. l. gilliardi Marquesan swiftlet (Aerodramus ocistus) Black-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus maximus) Subspecies: A. m. maximus, A. m. lowi, & A. m. tichelmani Edible-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus) Subspecies: A. f. amechanus, A. f. germani, A. f. inexpectatus, A. f. vestitus, A. f. perplexus, A. f. fuciphagus, A. f. dammermani, & A. f. micans Germain's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani) Three-toed swiftlet (Aerodramus papuensis) Genus Hydrochous Giant swiftlet (Hydrochous gigas) Genus Schoutedenapus - African swiftlets Scarce swift (Schoutedenapus myoptilus) Subspecies: S. m. poensis, S. m. chapini, & S. m. myoptilus Tribe Chaeturini - needletails Genus Mearnsia Philippine spinetail (Mearnsia picina) Papuan spinetail (Mearnsia novaeguineae) Subspecies: M. n. buergersi, & M. n. novaeguineae Genus Zoonavena Madagascar spinetail (Zoonavena grandidieri) Subspecies: Z. g. grandidieri, & Z. g. mariae São Tomé spinetail (Zoonavena thomensis) White-rumped spinetail (Zoonavena sylvatica) Genus Telacanthura Black spinetail (Telacanthura melanopygia) Mottled spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri) Subspecies: T. u. ussheri, T. u. sharpei, T. u. stictilaema, & T. u. benguellensis Genus Rhaphidura Silver-rumped spinetail (Rhaphidura leucopygialis) Sabine's spinetail (Rhaphidura sabini) Genus Neafrapus Böhm's spinetail (Neafrapus boehmi) Subspecies: N. b. boehmi, & N. b. sheppardi Cassin's spinetail (Neafrapus cassini) Genus Hirundapus White-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) Subspecies: H. c. caudacutus, & H. c. nudipes Purple needletail (Hirundapus celebensis) Silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis) Subspecies: H. c. rupchandi, H. c. cochinchinensis, & H. c. formosanus Brown-backed needletail (Hirundapus giganteus) Subspecies: H. g. indicus, & H. g. giganteus Genus Chaetura Band-rumped swift (Chaetura spinicauda) Subspecies: C. s. aetherodroma, & C. s. spinicaudus Lesser Antillean swift (Chaetura martinica) Gray-rumped swift (Chaetura cinereiventris) Subspecies: C. c. phaeopygos, C. c. occidentalis, C. c. schistacea, C. c. lawrencei, C. c. guianensis, C. c. sclateri, & C. c. cinereiventris Pale-rumped swift (Chaetura egregia) Chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) Vaux's swift (Chaetura vauxi) Subspecies: C. v. vauxi, C. v. tamaulipensis, C. v. gaumeri, C. v. warneri, C. v. richmondi, C. v. ochropygia, & C. v. andrei Chapman's swift (Chaetura chapmani) Mato Grosso swift (Chaetura viridipennis) Short-tailed swift (Chaetura brachyura) Subspecies: C. b. brachyura, C. b. praevelox, C. b. cinereocauda, & C. b. ocypetes Sick's swift (Chaetura meridionalis) Costa Rican swift (Chaetura fumosa) Tribe Apodini - typical swifts Genus Aeronautes White-throated swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) Subspecies: A. s. saxatalis, & A. s. nigrior White-tipped swift (Aeronautes montivagus) Subspecies: A. m. montivagus, & A. m. tatei Andean swift (Aeronautes andecolus) Subspecies: A. a. parvulus, A. a. peruvianus, & A. a. andecolus Genus Tachornis Pygmy palm swift (Tachornis furcata) Subspecies: T. f. nigrodorsalis, & T. f. furcata Fork-tailed palm swift (Tachornis squamata) Subspecies: T. s. semota, & T. s. squamata Antillean palm-swift (Tachornis phoenicobia) Subspecies: T. p. iradii, & T. p. phoenicobia Genus Panyptila Great swallow-tailed swift (Panyptila sanctihieronymi) Lesser swallow-tailed swift (Panyptila cayennensis) Subspecies: P. c. veraecrucis, & P. c. cayennensis Genus Cypsiurus Asian palm swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis) Subspecies: C. b. balasiensis, C. b. infumatus, C. b. bartelsorum, & C. b. pallidior African palm swift (Cypsiurus parvus) Subspecies: C. p. parvus, C. p. brachypterus, C. p. myochrous, C. p. laemostigma, C. p. hyphaenes, C. p. celer, & C. p. gracilis Malagasy palm swift (Cypsiurus gracilis) Subspecies: C. g. gracilis, C. g. griveaudi Genus Tachymarptis Alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba) Subspecies: T. m. melba, T. m. tuneti, T. m. archeri, T. m. maximus, T. m. africanus, T. m. marjoriae, T. m. willsi, T. m. nubifugus, T. m. dorabtatai, & T. m. bakeri Mottled swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis) Subspecies: T. a. lowei, T. a. bamendae, T. a. furensis, T. a. aequatorialis, & T. a. gelidus Genus Apus Cape Verde swift (Apus alexandri) Common swift (Apus apus) Subspecies: A. a. apus, & A. a. pekinensis Plain swift (Apus unicolor) Nyanza swift (Apus niansae) Subspecies: A. n. niansae, & A. n. somalicus Pallid swift (Apus pallidus) Subspecies: A. p. brehmorum, A. p. illyricus, & A. p. pallidus African black swift (Apus barbatus) Subspecies: A. b. glanvillei, A. b. serlei, A. b. roehli, A. b. hollidayi, A. b. oreobates, & A. b. barbatus Forbes-Watson's swift (Apus berliozi) Subspecies: A. b. berliozi, & A. b. bensoni Bradfield's swift (Apus bradfieldi) Subspecies: A. b. bradfieldi, & A. b. deserticola Malagasy black swift (Apus balstoni) Subspecies: A. b. mayottensis, & A. b. balstoni Pacific swift (Apus pacificus) Subspecies: A. p. pacificus, A. p. kurodae, A. p. salimali, A. p. leuconyx, & A. p. cooki 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) Subspecies: A. a. galilejensis, A. a. aerobates, A. a. bannermani, A. a. theresae, A. a. affinis, & A. a. singalensis House swift (Apus nipalensis) Subspecies: A. n. nipalensis, A. n. subfurcatus, A. n. furcatus, & A. n. kuntzi Horus swift (Apus horus) Subspecies: A. h. horus, & A. h. fuscobrunneus White-rumped swift (Apus caffer) Bates's swift (Apus batesi) Fernando Po swift (Apus sladeniae)