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Cypsiurus is a genus of birds in the swift family Apodidae. It includes three species, which were formerly considered to be conspecific due to their similarity.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderApodiformes
  5. FamilyApodidae
Observations recorded729,773

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
4
Family
Apodidae
Collections
WFVZ, ANSP
Recorded in
Malaysia, India

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Apodinae
Image
African Palm Swift in flight.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Cypsiurus
taxon name
Cypsiurus
topic's main category
Category:Cypsiurus
taxon common name
Palm swift
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
  • Description
  • References

Cypsiurus is a genus of birds in the swift family Apodidae. It includes three species, which were formerly considered to be conspecific due to their similarity.

==Species==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cypsiurus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.