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Apus
Scopoli, 1777
- house swift
(bird)
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Entity:
Apodinae (Subfamily) - true swifts
..Aerodramus (Genus)
..Aeronautes (Genus)
..Chaetura (Genus)
..Collocalia (Genus)
..†Cypselavus (Genus)
..Cypsiurus (Genus)
..Hirundapus (Genus)
..Hydrochous (Genus)
..Mearnsia (Genus)
..Neafrapus (Genus)
..Panyptila (Genus)
..Rhaphidura (Genus)
..Schoutedenapus (Genus)
..Tachornis (Genus)
..Tachymarptis (Genus)
..Telacanthura (Genus)
..Zoonavena (Genus)
..Apus (Genus) - house swift
....Apus acuticauda (Species) - dark-rumped swift
....Apus affinis (Species) - little swift
....Apus alexandri (Species) - Alexander's swift
....Apus apus (Species) - common swift
....Apus barbatus (Species) - African swift
....Apus batesi (Species) - Bates's swift
....Apus berliozi (Species) - Forbes-Watson's swift
....Apus bradfieldi (Species) - Bradfield's swift
....Apus caffer (Species) - white-rumped swift
....Apus horus (Species) - Horus swift
....Apus niansae (Species) - Nyanza swift
....Apus nipalensis (Species) - house swift
....Apus pacificus (Species) - fork-tailed swift
....Apus pallidus (Species) - pallid swift
....Apus unicolor (Species) - plain swift
Authorship
Original name
:
Scopoli, 1777. Intr. Hist. Nat., 483.
Types
Type of
:
Apodinae
(Subfamily)
Hartert, 1897
Homonyms
Junior homonym (unavailable)
:
Apus
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1798, nom. nud.
Ref:
R.V. Melville & J.D.D. Smith (eds.), 1987
: 48.
[implicit]
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Triops
(Genus)
Schrank, 1803
Ref:
PBDB
: 20 Nov 2019.
Synonymous name (objective)
:
Cypselus
(Genus)
Illiger, 1811
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
gierzwaluwen s.s.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
house swift
Ref:
1994
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