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Apodidae

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Description

The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are not closely related to any passerine species. Swifts are placed in the order Apodiformes with hummingbirds. The treeswifts are closely related to the true swifts, but form a separate family, the Hemiprocnidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apodidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2993	https://www.gbif.org/species/2993
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	39423	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39423

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Apodiformes : Apodidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Caprimulgiformes : Apodidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
class	Aves	Linnaeus 1758
-	Pygostylia	Chiappe 2002
-	Ornithothoraces	Chiappe and Calvo 1994
-	Ornithuromorpha	Chiappe et al. 1999
subclass	Ornithurae	Haeckel 1866
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
-	Neognathae
-	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
-	Terrestrornithes	Livezey and Zusi 2007
-	Dendrornithes
-	Anomalogonates	Garrod 1874
-	Incessores	Baird 1858
superorder	Cypselomorphae	Huxley 1867
order	Caprimulgiformes	Ridgway 1881
family	Apodidae	Hartert 1897

Common Name

swift

Scientific Name

Apodidae

Name Published In

Orn. Monatsber., 5: 10

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Apodidae	family	belongs to Apodi	implied	Carroll, 1988
Apodidae	family	belongs to Apodiformes	stated with evidence	Mayr, 2003
Apodidae	family	belongs to Apodiformes	stated without evidence	Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2004
Apodidae	family	belongs to Apodiformes	stated with evidence	Mayr, 2005
Apodidae	family	belongs to Aegotheliformes	stated without evidence	Worthy et al., 2007
Apodidae	family	belongs to Apodi	stated with evidence	Livezey and Zusi, 2007
Apodidae	family	belongs to Caprimulgiformes	stated without evidence	del Hoyo et al., 2014
Apodidae	family	belongs to Caprimulgiformes	stated with evidence	Clements et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

23 (85%)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene

Environment

terrestrial

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

insectivore

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Common Name(s)

Swift, Swifts, Gierzwaluwen, Seglare, Seglarfamilien, Seilerfamilien, アマツバメ, Ob. Seglare

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apodidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Apodinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		17	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cypselinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cypseloidinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Aerodramus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		59	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Aeronautes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Apodidichnus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Apus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Chaetura genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chaetura genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Collocalia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	19.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cypseloides genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Cypsiurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirundapus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hydrochous genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mearnsia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neafrapus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Panyptila genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Procypseloides ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Rhaphidura genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Schoutedenapus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steganurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Streptoprocne genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Tachornis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tachymarptis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Telacanthura genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zoonavena genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1897	Apodidae Hartert
1988	Apodidae Carroll
2003	Apodidae Mayr p. 147
2004	Apodidae Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 310
2005	Apodidae Mayr p. 342
2007	Apodidae Livezey and Zusi p. 94
2007	Apodidae Worthy et al. p. 26
2014	Apodidae del Hoyo et al.
2017	Apodidae Clements et al.

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Mayr G. (2003) Phylogeny of eaerly Tertiary swifts and hummingbirds (Aves: Apodiformes), The Auk 120 1, 145-151

Mourer-Chauviré C., Berthet D., et al (2004)

Mayr G. (2005) A new cypselomorph bird from the middle Eocene of Germany and the early diversification of avian aerial insectivores, Condor 107 2, 342-352

Livezey B. C., Zusi R. L. (2007) Higher-order phylogeny of modern birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) based on comparative anatomy. II. Analysis and discussion, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149 1, 1-95

Worthy T. H., Tennyson A. J. D., et al (2007) Miocene waterfowl and other birds from central Otago, New Zealand, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5 1, 1-39

del Hoyo J., Collar N. J., et al (2014) HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines, 1-904

Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

as per Triopsidae - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Tasch, 1955 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 502 Validation under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Lepidurus Leach, 1819 (class Crustacea, order Phyllopoda), designation under the same Powers of a type species in harmony with accustomed usage for the nominal genus Triops Schrank, 1803 (class Crustacea, order Phyllopoda) and addition of those names and of Apus Scopoli, 1777 (class Aves), to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology and matters incidental thereto.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 18(3), 65-120 (1958) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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