Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Apodiformes

Apodidae

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Apus
Apus Scopoli, 1777
Chaetura
Chaetura Stephens, 1826
Hirundapus Hodgson, 1837
Tachymarptis Roberts, 1922

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): seilerfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: gierzwaluwen
 English: swifts sources: MASDEA (1997).
 Norwegian: seilerfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: seilerfamilien
 Norwegian Nynorsk: seglarfamilien
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): seglarfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: seglare

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External Links

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Apodidae. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196042

Drs Cees Roselaar. Apodidae. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=10816

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment

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Importance

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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196042
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:10816

Last modified

2005-12-27 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Edward Vanden Berghe

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