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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Class Reptilia
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Class Aves (birds)
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Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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Order Apodiformes (hummingbirds and swifts)
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Family Apodidae (swifts)
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Genus Aerodramus (edible-nest swiftlets) -
Genus Aeronautes (white-throated swifts) -
Genus Apus (common swifts)
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Genus Chaetura (stiff-tailed swifts)
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Collocalia (swiflets)
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Genus Cypseloides (black swifts)
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Cypsiurus (palm swifts)
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Genus Hirundapus (needletails)
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Hydrochous (waterfall swift)
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Mearnsia (spinetailed swifts)
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Genus Neafrapus
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Panyptila (swallow-tailed swifts)
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Genus Rhaphidura
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Schoutedenapus (scarce swifts)
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Genus Streptoprocne (white-collared swifts)
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Genus Tachornis (palm swifts)
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Tachymarptis (alpine and mottled swifts)
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Genus Telacanthura
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Genus Zoonavena
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
