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Apus  Scopoli, 1777
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178006

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Common Swifts [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2021   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderApodiformes  – Swifts, Hummingbirds  
                            FamilyApodidae  – Swifts  
                               SubfamilyApodinae   
                                  GenusApus Scopoli, 1777 – Common Swifts  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesApus acuticauda (Jerdon, 1864) – Dark-rumped Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus affinis (J. E. Gray, 1830) – Little Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus alexandri Hartert, 1901 – Cape Verde Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus apus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus balstoni (Bartlett, 1880) – Malagasy Black Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus barbatus (P. L. Sclater, 1866) – African Black Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus batesi (Sharpe, 1904) – Bates's Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus berliozi Ripley, 1966 – Forbes-Watson's Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus bradfieldi (Roberts, 1926) – Bradfield's Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus caffer (M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823) – White-rumped Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus cooki (Harington, 1913) – Cook's Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus horus (Heuglin, 1869) – Horus Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus leuconyx (Blyth, 1845) – Blyth's Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus niansae (Reichenow, 1887) – Nyanza Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837) – House Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus pacificus (Latham, 1801) – Fork-tailed Swift, Pacific Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus pallidus (Shelley, 1870) – Pallid Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus salimalii Lack, 1958 – Salim Ali's Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus sladeniae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1904) – Fernando Po Swift 
                                     SpeciesApus unicolor (Jardine, 1830) – Plain Swift 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Apus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (v 11.1), website (version 11.1)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2021. IOC World Bird List (v 11.1). doi: 10.14344/IOC.ML.11.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 May, 2021]   
  Reference for: Apus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Apus   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2020.04.03, website (version 03-Apr-20)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Apus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Apus, Common Swifts [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Bird genus name Apus Scopoli, 1777 (TSN 178006) is a senior homonym of crustacean genus name Apus Cuvier, 1800 (TSN 83762)  
 

 

    


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