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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 Chaetura (stiff-tailed swifts)-
Species Chaetura brachyura (short-tailed swift) -
Species Chaetura chapmani (Chapman's swift)
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Species Chaetura cinereiventris (gray-rumped swift)
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Species Chaetura egregia (pale-rumped swift)
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Species Chaetura fumosa (Costa Rican swift)
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Species Chaetura martinica (lesser Antillean swift)
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Species Chaetura meridionalis (Sick's swift)
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Species Chaetura pelagica (chimney swift)
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Species Chaetura spinicaudus (band-rumped swift)
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Species Chaetura vauxi (Vaux's swift)
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Species Chaetura viridipennis (Amazonian 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.
