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                                      Superorder Apodimorphae

  Order APODIFORMES
            Family Apodidae
              Subfamily Cypseloidinae
              Subfamily Chaeturinae
              Subfamily Apodinae
       Family Hemiprocnidae

 Superorder APODIMORPHAE
Order APODIFORMES
Family APODIDAE
Subfamily CYPSELOIDINAE

Cypseloides niger  BLACK SWIFT.  Mountain forest, seacoasts, breeding on rock faces near waterfalls.  Mts. from se Alaska, nw,c British Columbia and sw Alberta s locally through Pacific states to s Calif.; nw Montana, Colorado, c Utah, se Arizona, nc New Mexico; locally in highlands from Nayarit, Hidalgo and Veracruz s to Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica; locally in Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia and St. Vincent.
Cypseloides lemosi  WHITE-CHESTED SWIFT.  Rocky open country, canyons.  Known only from mts., 1000-1300 m, of sw Colombia.
Cypseloides rothschildi  ROTHSCHILD'S SWIFT.  Open country.  Foothills of nw Argentina, recorded in s Peru and s Bolivia.  Often treated as a race of C. fumigatus.

Cypseloides fumigatus  SOOTY SWIFT.  Open country, forest, woodland.  Lowlands of e Bolivia; se Brazil.
Cypseloides cherriei  SPOT-FRONTED SWIFT.  Forest and open country, breeding on rock faces near waterfalls.  Known only from mts., 1000-1500 m, of Costa Rica; n S. America in Ecuador and ne and cn Venezuela.
Cypseloides storeri  WHITE-FRONTED SWIFT.  Presumably forest and open country.  Locally in mts., 1500-2500 m, of wc Mexico in Michoacán, Jalisco and Guerrero.  Described in 1992 from four specimens.  May be a race of C. cryptus.
Cypseloides cryptus  WHITE-CHINNED SWIFT.  Forest, open country.  Locally in mts. to 1200 m in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador and e Peru; C America in Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
Cypseloides senex  GREAT DUSKY SWIFT.  Forest, open country.  Lowlands in c,s Brazil, Paraguay and ne Argentina.

Streptoprocne phelpsi  TEPUI SWIFT.  Cliffs, rocky canyons, waterfalls.  Pantepui, 400-1800 m, in s Venezuela, nw Guyana and extreme n Brazil.  Closely related to S. rutila.  Formerly in Cypseloides.
Streptoprocne rutila  CHESTNUT-COLLARED SWIFT.  Forest and open country, breeding on rock faces near waterfalls.  Lowlands and mts. to 3300 m from e Sinaloa, Durango, Zacatecas, Hidalgo and Veracruz s through Mexico and C. America to Panama, and from Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and south, west of the Andes to nw Peru and e of Andes through e Ecuador and e Peru to n Bolivia.
Formerly placed in Cypseloides or Chaetura; see Auk 110:678, 1993.

Streptoprocne zonaris  WHITE-COLLARED SWIFT.  Forest and open country, breeding on cliffs near waterfalls.  Lowlands and mts. to 3500 m from Guerrero, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas s to Panama, and from Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Guianas s through Ecuador to Peru, n,e,se Bolivia, nw Argentina and Amazonian,se Brazil; Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola.
Streptoprocne biscutata  BISCUTATE SWIFT.  Forest, open country.  Lowlands of e Brazil.
Streptoprocne semicollaris  WHITE-NAPED SWIFT.  Forest and open country, breeding on ledges in caves.  Locally in lowlands and mts. in Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Hidalgo, Morelos and México.

Subfamily CHAETURINAE

Hydrochrous gigas  WATERFALL SWIFT.  Forest, breeding under waterfalls.  Mts. in Malaya, Sumatra, Java and possibly Borneo.
Collocalia esculenta  GLOSSY SWIFTLET.  Forest, second growth and open country, breeding in caves.  Lowlands to 1500 m in Andaman and Nicobar is., Malay Pen., Christmas I., Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Is., Moluccas, Kai Is., New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., Solomon Is.
Collocalia marginata  GREY-RUMPED SWIFTLET.  Forest, second growth, open country, breeding in caves.  Philippines.  Differs from all races of esculenta by having a gray rump (B. King, pers. comm.).
Collocalia linchi  CAVE SWIFTLET.  Forest, open country, presumably breeding in caves.  Lowlands and mts., to 3000 m in Malaya, Sumatra, n Borneo, Java, Bali and Lombok.
Collocalia troglodytes  PYGMY SWIFTLET. Forest and open country, breeding in caves.  Philippines, except Sulu Archipelago.
Collocalia elaphra  SEYCHELLES SWIFTLET.  Forest and open country, breeding in caves.  Seychelles.  May be conspecific with C. francica, but they differ in wing/tail ratio.
Collocalia francica  MASCARENE SWIFTLET.  Forest and open country, breeding in caves.  W Mascarene Is. of Mauritius and Réunion.
Collocalia unicolor  INDIAN SWIFTLET.  Open country, breeding in caves.  Lowlands to 2200 m in sw Pen. India and Sri Lanka.
Collocalia mearnsi  PHILIPPINE SWIFTLET.  Open country and forest, breeding in caves.  Lowlands of Philippines on Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Camiguin Sur, Mindanao and Palawan.
Collocalia infuscata  MOLUCCAN SWIFTLET.  Forest and open country, breeding in caves.  Wallacea in c,s,se Sulawesi and Moluccas.
Collocalia hirundinacea  MOUNTAIN SWIFTLET.  Open country and forest, breeding in sinkholes and caves.  Lowlands and mts. to 4000 m of New Guinea incl. Yapen, Karkar and Dampier is., and Goodenough I. in the D'Entrecasteaux Arch.
Collocalia spodiopygius  WHITE-RUMPED SWIFTLET.  Forest and open country, breeding in caves.  Sw Pacific: Bismarck Arch.(St. Matthias Is., New Ireland, New Britain), Solomon Is. (s to Guadalcanal), Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Loyalty Is., Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.
Collocalia terraereginae  AUSTRALIAN SWIFTLET.  Forest and open country, breeding in caves.  Lowlands to 1000 m in ne Queensland from Claudie R. s to Mackay area.
Often treated as a race of C. spodiopygius.
Collocalia brevirostris  HIMALAYAN SWIFTLET.  Open rocky or mountainous country and forest, breeding in caves.  Lowlands and mts. to 3600 m in Himalayas of n,e India, s Tibet and sw China, Burma, nw,sw Thailand, n Laos and c,s Vietnam.
Collocalia vulcanorum  VOLCANO SWIFTLET.  Open rocky or mountainous country and forest, breeding in caves.  Sumatra (doubtfully) and Java.  Often treated as a race of C. brevirostris.
Collocalia rogersi  INDOCHINESE SWIFTLET.  Open rocky or mountainous country and forest, breeding in caves.  Nw,sw Thailand, n Laos and c,s Vietnam.  Often included in C. brevirostris, but may be closer to C. unicolor which it resembles in having bare tarsi and lack of white barbs in body plumage.
Collocalia whiteheadi  WHITEHEAD'S SWIFTLET.  Open country and forest, breeding in caves.  Mts. above 1300 m of n,s Philippines.
Collocalia nuditarsus  BARE-LEGGED SWIFTLET.  Open country and forest, breeding in caves.  Mts., 1600-2300 m, of c,e New Guinea
Collocalia orientalis  MAYR'S SWIFTLET.  Open country and forest, breeding in caves.  Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is.
Collocalia salangana  MOSSY-NEST SWIFTLET.  Open country and forest, breeding in caves.  Lowlands to 1000 m of Greater Sunda Is. in Sumatra, Borneo, Java, c,s,se Sulawesi and s Philippines (Balabac).
Collocalia palawanensis  PALAWAN SWIFTLET.  Open country and forest, breeding in caves.  Cw Philippines.  May be a race of C. vanikorensis  (B. King, pers. comm.).
Collocalia amelis  GREY SWIFTLET.  Open country, coasts and towns, breeding in caves.  On is. off e coast of Borneo; Philippines on Batan is., Luzon, Marinduque, Cagayancillo, Cebu, Bohol, Dinagat, Mindanao.  May be a race of C. vanikorensis  (B. King, pers. comm.).
Collocalia vanikorensis  UNIFORM SWIFTLET.  Open country and forest, breeding in caves.  Lowlands in Moluccas, Kai, Aru and w Papuan is. (Waigeo, Misool), New Guinea, Trobriand Is., Woodlark I., D'Entrecasteaux Arch. (Goodenough, Fergusson), Louisiade Arch., Bismarck Arch., Solomon Is., Santa Cruz Is., Vanuatu and New Caledonia; recorded once in ne Australia in ne Queensland.
Collocalia pelewensis  PALAU SWIFTLET.  Open country and forest, breeding in caves.  Lowlands of Palau.
Collocalia inquieta  MICRONESIAN SWIFTLET.  Lowlands of s Mariana Is. on Guam; Caroline Is. from Yap e to Kosrae.  Intro. on Oahu (Hawaiian Is.).  Includes bartschi.
Collocalia sawtelli  ATIU SWIFTLET.  Forest, open country.  Atiu I. in the s Cook Is.
Collocalia leucophaeus  TAHITI SWIFTLET.  E. Society Is. of Moorea and Tahiti.
Collocalia ocista  MARQUESAN SWIFTLET.  Marquesas Is. except Hiva Oa.  Usually lumped with leucophaeus.
Collocalia maxima  BLACK-NEST SWIFTLET.  Open country, coasts and towns, breeding in caves.  Lowlands and mts. to 3900 m in ne India, se Tibet, Malay Pen., Sumatra, n,w,se Borneo, Java and w Philippine I. of Palawan.
Collocalia fuciphaga  EDIBLE-NEST SWIFTLET.  Open country, coasts and towns, breeding
in caves.  Andaman and Nicobar is.; lowlands and mts. to 2800 m in Vietnam, s Malay Pen. and Sumatra; s Indonesia in Java and Lesser Sunda Is.
Collocalia germani  GERMAN'S SWIFTLET.  Open country, coasts and towns, breeding in caves.  Coastal lowlands in Malay Pen., is. off n Borneo, and w,c,sw Philippines on Palawan, Cuyo Is., Panay, Cagayancillo, Cagayan Sulu, Sulu Arch.  May be a race of C. fuciphaga.  (B. King, pers. comm.).
Collocalia papuensis  PAPUAN SWIFTLET.  Forest, open country near streams.  Locally in lowlands and mts. to 1800 m of n New Guinea.

Mearnsia picina  PHILIPPINE NEEDLETAIL.  Unknown, presumably forest.  Se Philippines.
Mearnsia novaeguineae  PAPUAN NEEDLETAIL.  Forest, second growth, towns.  Lowlands of New Guinea.

Zoonavena grandidieri  MALAGASY SPINETAIL.  Forest.  Lowlands to 1000 m of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
Zoonavena thomensis  SAO TOME SPINETAIL.  Unknown, presumably forest.  Mts. of  Príncipe and São Tomé.
Zoonavena sylvatica  WHITE-RUMPED SPINETAIL.  Palm groves, deciduous forest.  Locally in lowlands to 1500 m in India and Burma.

Telacanthura ussheri  MOTTLED SPINETAIL.  Forest, woodland.  In Senegambia, s Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, s Niger, Nigeria, sw Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, sw C. African Rep. n,ne Zaire, Uganda, Kenya and ne Tanzania s locally to w Angola, sc Zaire, Zambia, s Malawi, n,e Zimbabwe, w Mozambique and ne S. Africa.
Telacanthura melanopygia  BLACK SPINETAIL.  Forest.  Locally in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, sw Cameroon, Gabon, sw C. African Rep. and ne Zaire.
Rhaphidura leucopygialis  SILVER-RUMPED SPINETAIL.  Forest, especially near streams.  Lowlands to 1200 m in Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo and Java.
Rhaphidura sabini  SABINE'S SPINETAIL.  Humid forest.  Locally in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, s Cameroon, Bioko I., Gabon, sw Congo, Cabinda, s C. African Rep., w,n,ne,ce Zaire, w Uganda and w Kenya.
Neafrapus cassini  CASSIN'S SPINETAIL.  Humid forest.  Lowlands in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, s Nigeria, sw Cameroon, Bioko I., Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo Rep., Cabinda, sw C. African Rep., n,nc,ce Zaire and w Uganda.

Neafrapus boehmi  BAT-LIKE SPINETAIL.  Woodland, forest.  Locally in Angola, sc,se Zaire, Zambia, Tanzania, se Kenya, Malawi, s to n Namibia, n Botswana, Zimbabwe, s Mozambique and ne S. Africa.
Hirundapus caudacutus  WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL.  Forest and open country, breeding in cliffs and hollow trees.  In s Siberia, Sakhalin and Kuril is., ne China, n Pakistan, n India, s China and Taiwan.
Hirundapus cochinchinensis  SILVER-BACKED NEEDLETAIL.  Forest and open country, breeding in cliffs and hollow trees.  Himalayan foothills at 600 m of c Nepal; lowlands and mts. to 3350 m from e India, Burma and se China s to Indochina and Malaya.

Hirundapus giganteus  BROWN-BACKED NEEDLETAIL.  Forest.  In sw,e India, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, ne Laos, s Vietnam, Malaya, Andaman Is., Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali and cw Philippines.
Hirundapus celebensis  PURPLE NEEDLETAIL.  Forest, open country.  Lowlands and hills in n Sulawesi and Philippines on Calayan, Luzon, Mindoro, Catanduanes, Marinduque, Negros, Mindanao, Basilan.
Chaetura spinicauda  BAND-RUMPED SWIFT.  Forest, open country.  Lowlands to 1500 m in sw Costa Rica, Panama, w,n,e Colombia, s,e Venezuela, Trinidad, Guianas and Amazonian,ne Brazil.
Chaetura egregia  PALE-RUMPED SWIFT.  Forest, open country.  Lowlands e of Andes in e Peru, extreme w Brazil and n Bolivia.  Closely related to C. spinicauda.

Chaetura martinica  LESSER ANTILLEAN SWIFT.  Forest, woodland, open country.  C. Lesser Antilles.
Chaetura cinereiventris  GREY-RUMPED SWIFT.  Forest, woodland, open country.  Caribbean lowlands in s Lesser Antilles; lowlands to 1800 m from Nicaragua, Costa Rica, w Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago and Guianas s, w of Andes to nw Peru and e of Andes through e Ecuador and e Peru to n,e Bolivia and w Amazonian Brazil; lowlands in se Brazil and ne Argentina.
Chaetura pelagica  CHIMNEY SWIFT.  Open country, woodland, towns.  E of Rocky Mts. from ec Saskatchewan and s Manitoba e across s Canada to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and s to e New Mexico, sc,s Texas, Gulf coast and sc Florida; sporadic breeding in s Calif., possibly Arizona.
Chaetura vauxi  VAUX'S SWIFT.  Forest, open country.  From se Alaska, nw,s British Columbia, n Idaho and w Montana s, mostly w of Cascades and Sierra Nevada, to c Calif.; in sw Tamaulipas, se San Luis Potosí and Hidalgo and from Oaxaca, Veracruz and Chiapas s to Panama; n Venezuela.

Chaetura chapmani  CHAPMAN'S SWIFT.  Forest, open country.  Locally in lowlands to 1600 m e of Andes from Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guianas, e Peru, and w,c,ne Brazil in e Acre, c Mato Grosso, e Pará and Amapá, possibly c Panama.
Chaetura brachyura  SHORT-TAILED SWIFT.  Forest, savanna, mangroves, open country, towns.  Lowlands to 1000 m in s Lesser Antilles; from c,e Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago and Guianas s, w of Andes to sw Ecuador and nw Peru, and e of Andes through e Colombia and e Peru to n,e Bolivia and n,c Brazil.
Chaetura andrei  ASHY-TAILED SWIFT.  Forest, open country.  Lowlands to 900 m in Venezuela and Surinam; in e,se Bolivia, e,s Brazil, n Paraguay and nw Argentina.
 Schoutedenapus:  Incertae sedis.  Affinities uncertain at the subfamily level (C. Collins, pers. comm.).

Schoutedenapus myoptilus  SCARCE SWIFT.  Open country, possibly breeding in cliffs or caves.  In Gulf of Guinea Islands, e Zaire, extreme sSudan, s Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, w,c Kenya, ne Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, e Zimbabwe, Angola and w Mozambique.
Schoutedenapus schoutedeni  SCHOUTEDEN'S SWIFT.  Open country, possibly breeding in cliffs or caves.  Known from three specimens from e Zaire.

Subfamily APODINAE

Aeronautes saxatalis  WHITE-THROATED SWIFT.  Open country, especially around cliffs and canyons where breeding.  From s British Columbia, Idaho, Montana and sw S. Dakota s to s Baja Calif., e to w Nebraska, ne,c New Mexico and w Texas, and s through highlands of Mexico to Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
Aeronautes montivagus  WHITE-TIPPED SWIFT.  Open country, forest.  Locally in mts., 500-2600 m in Colombia, Venezuela and extreme n Brazil; Andes in Peru and n Bolivia.
Aeronautes andecolus  ANDEAN SWIFT.  Open country.  Andes in Peru, Bolivia, n Chile and w Argentina.
 Tachornis:
The three species of Tachornis sometimes are placed in separate genera:  Reinarda, Tachornis and Micropanyptila.
They are placed together in Tachornis because all are "palm swifts", but may not be congeneric (C. Collins, pers. comm.).

Tachornis phoenicobia  ANTILLEAN PALM-SWIFT.  Palm trees, towns.  In Cuba, Hispaniola and Jamaica.
Tachornis furcata  PYGMY SWIFT.  Humid forest, second growth, open country.  Lowlands to 500 m in the Maracaibo Basin of ne Colombia and w Venezuela.
Tachornis squamata  FORK-TAILED PALM-SWIFT.  Open country, savanna, swamps, towns.  Lowlands e of Andes to 1000 m from e Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Guianas s to ne,e and Amazonian Brazil, e Ecuador, e Peru and n Bolivia.

Panyptila sanctihieronymi  GREAT SWALLOW-TAILED SWIFT.  Forest, open country, towns.  S Mexico (Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, México, Michoacán), Guatemala and Honduras; recorded Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Panyptila cayennensis  LESSER SWALLOW-TAILED SWIFT.  Forest, open country, towns.  Lowlands to 1400 m of Gulf-Caribbean slope of Veracruz, Oaxaca, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, on both slopes of Panama, and from Colombia e through nc Venezuela to Trinidad and Guianas and e of Andes in e Ecuador, e Peru, n Bolivia, locally Amazonian,e Brazil.

Cypsiurus parvus  AFRICAN PALM-SWIFT.  Palm trees, open country, savanna, towns.  From s Mauritania, Senegambia, s Mali, sw Niger, Gulf of Guinea Is., n Nigeria, s Chad, s Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and sw Arabia s to n Namibia, n,e Botswana, Zimbabwe and e S. Africa.  Lowlands to 1100 m of Madagascar and the Comoros.  Recorded in all subSaharan African countries except Djibouti.
Cypsiurus balasiensis  ASIAN PALM-SWIFT.  Palm trees, open scrub, towns.  Lowlands to 1500 m from India and Sri Lanka e to sw China, and s through se Asia to Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali, Sulawesi and Philippines.

Tachymarptis melba  ALPINE SWIFT.  Often placed in Apus.  Open country, especially around cliffs, canyons and mountains.  Lowlands and mts. in s Europe, Mediterranean region and n Africa e through Turkey, Near East, s Russia, Caucasus, Iran and Afghanistan to Pakistan and nw,sw India and Sri Lanka.  Mainly in highlands in s Mali, Togo, Gabon, w,c Ethiopia, Eritrea, nw Somalia, sw Arabia, ne Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, w,c Kenya, n Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana and sw Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe and S. Africa.  Lowlands to 1300 m of Madagascar.  Definite breeding records in Mali, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Yemen, Somalia, Zaire, Angola, Zimbabwe and S. Africa.  May breed in Madagascar - no records.
Tachymarptis aequatorialis  MOTTLED SWIFT.  Often placed in Apus.  Open country, breeding on cliffs.  Mostly locally in highlands in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, s Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, w,c Angola; and from Chad, w Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea s through ne,ce,se Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, e Zambia and Malawi to e Zimbabwe and w Mozambique.

Apus alexandri  ALEXANDER'S SWIFT.  Open country, breeding on cliffs.  Cape Verde Is.
Apus apus  COMMON SWIFT.  Open country and towns, breedings in cliffs, caves and buildings.  From British Isles and n Scandinavia e across nw,c Russia to sw Siberia, Mongolia and n China, and s to nw Africa, Mediterranean region, Turkey, Near East, Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, n Pakistan and n India.
Apus unicolor  PLAIN SWIFT.  Open country, breeding in cliffs or caves.  In Madeira, Salvage and w Canary is.
Apus niansae  NYANZA SWIFT.  Open country and towns, breeding in cliffs, caves and buildings.  In n,c Ethiopia, Eritrea, nw Somalia, and highlands of Uganda, Kenya and n Tanzania; recorded extreme ne Zaire and Congo Rep., but probably represent vagrants or possibly misidentified specimens.

Apus pallidus  PALLID SWIFT.  Open country and towns, breedings in cliffs, caves and buildings.  In e Atlantic is., coastal areas of Mediterranean region, n Africa, Mauritania, Niger, Chad, Turkey, Near East, Arabia, Iraq and s Iran.
Apus barbatus  AFRICAN SWIFT.  Open country, breeding on cliffs.  Locally in s Cameroon, e,s Africa in extreme ce Zaire, sw,e Uganda, Rwanda, w,s Kenya, n Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, sw Zambia, ne Botswana, Zimbabwe and e,s S. Africa; recorded in Sierra Leone, sw Cameroon, ne Angola and cw Namibia, but status of group in w Africa is uncertain.  Madagascar and Comoro Is.
Apus berliozi  FORBES-WATSON'S SWIFT.  Arid open country.  Lowlands of Somalia, including Socotra I.  Ranges to coastal Kenya.
Apus sladeniae  FERNANDO PO SWIFT.  Fernando Po (Bioko) Island in the Gulf of Guinea Islands.

Apus bradfieldi  BRADFIELD'S SWIFT.  Arid open country.  Lowlands in sw Angola, Namibia, and nc S. Africa.
Apus balstoni  MADAGASCAR SWIFT.  Open country.  Lowlands to 1500 m of Madagascar.
Apus pacificus  FORK-TAILED SWIFT.  Forest, open country, rocky regions and seacoasts, breeding in cliffs, caves and buildings.  From s Siberia and Kuril Is. s to Himalayas, e Burma, nw Thailand, c Vietnam, s China, Taiwan, n Philippines, Ryukyu and Izu is., and Japan.
Apus acuticauda  DARK-RUMPED SWIFT.  Open country, breeding in cliffs.  Locally in Himalayas of e India; recorded in Nepal, Thailand and Andaman Is.
Apus affinis  LITTLE SWIFT.  Open country, especially towns, breeding on rock overhangs or buildings.  From Morocco to Tunisia; from s Mauritania e through s Mali, s Niger, s Chad and s Sudan to Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea and sw Arabia, and s to s S. Africa (recorded in all subSaharan African countries and breeding in most).  From se Turkey, Near East e through Iran and extreme s Russia to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.

Apus nipalensis  HOUSE SWIFT.  Open country, especially towns, breeding on rock overhangs or buildings.  Lowlands to 2000 m from n,e India e to se China, Hainan I., Taiwan and s Japan (n to c Honshu) and s through se Asia to Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali, Sulawesi and n Philippines.  Often included in A. affinis, but they are not known to intergrade.
Apus horus  HORUS SWIFT.  Open country, breeding in holes in sandy banks.  In Nigeria, n Cameroon, Congo, nw,cn,ne,ce Zaire, e Sudan and Ethiopia s locally to Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, s Angola, ne Namibia, n,e Botswana, Zimbabwe and e S. Africa.
Apus toulsoni  LOANDA SWIFT.  Open country, breeding in holes in sandy banks.  Sw Congo Rep. and nw Angola.
Often treated as a white-rumped morph of A. horus.

Apus caffer  WHITE-RUMPED SWIFT.  Open country, towns, breeding in usurped mud nests of swallows. S Spain and Morocco; from Senegambia and Mali e to Nigeria, s Chad, s,se Sudan, w,s Ethiopia and s Somalia s to s S. Africa (except most of forested w,c Africa and desert sw areas).  Recorded in all subSaharan African countries except Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Djibouti and Equatorial Guinea.
Apus batesi  BATES'S SWIFT.  Humid forest, breeding in usurped mud nests of swallows.  Locally in Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, s Cameroon, n Gabon, C. African Rep. and ne Zaire.

Family HEMIPROCNIDAE

Hemiprocne coronata  CRESTED TREESWIFT.  Forest edge, second growth, open country, towns.  Lowlands to 1200 m in India, sw China, Burma and Indochina.
Hemiprocne longipennis  GREY-RUMPED TREESWIFT.  Forest, edge, second growth, mangroves, open country, towns.  Lowlands to 1200 m in Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali and Sulawesi.
Hemiprocne mystacea  MOUSTACHED TREESWIFT.  Forest, edge, second growth.  Lowlands to 1200 m in Moluccas, Aru and w Papuan is., New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is.
Hemiprocne comata  WHISKERED TREESWIFT.  Forest edge, cleared lands.  Lowlands to 1000 m in Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo and Philippines.
 


Sibley's Sequence - 13a