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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 Apus (common swifts)-
Species Apus acuticauda (dark-rumped swift) -
Species Apus affinis (little swift)
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Species Apus alexandri (Alexander's swift)
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Species Apus apus (common swift)
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Species Apus barbatus (African swift)
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Species Apus batesi (Bates's swift)
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Species Apus berliozi (Forbes-Watson's swift)
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Species Apus bradfieldi (Bradfield's swift)
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Species Apus caffer (white-rumped swift)
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Species Apus horus (Horus swift)
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Species Apus niansae (Nyanza swift)
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Species Apus nipalensis (house swift)
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Species Apus pacificus (fork-tailed swift)
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Species Apus pallidus (pallid swift)
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Species Apus unicolor (plain swift)
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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.
