THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Apodidae · Clear filter
90 records · page 2 of 2
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ridgetop SwiftletCollocalia isonota Oberholser, 1906 | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cave SwiftletCollocalia linchi Horsfield & F. Moore, 1854 | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-rumped SwiftletCollocalia marginata Salvadori, 1882 | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Christmas Island SwiftletCollocalia natalis Lister, 1889 | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Drab SwiftletCollocalia neglecta G. R. Gray, 1866 | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tenggara SwiftletCollocalia sumbawae Stresemann, 1925 | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Satin SwiftletCollocalia uropygialis G. R. Gray, 1866 | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-chinned SwiftCypseloides cryptus J. T. Zimmer, 1945 | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| American Black SwiftCypseloides niger (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rothschild's SwiftCypseloides rothschildi J. T. Zimmer, 1945 | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Dusky SwiftCypseloides senex (Temminck, 1826) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malagasy Palm SwiftCypsiurus gracilis (Sharpe, 1871) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus (M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutus (Latham, 1801) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Purple NeedletailHirundapus celebensis (P. L. Sclater, 1866) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silver-backed NeedletailHirundapus cochinchinensis (Oustalet, 1878) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giant SwiftletHydrochous gigas (Hartert & A. L. Butler, 1901) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Papuan Spine-tailed SwiftMearnsia novaeguineae (D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine Spine-tailed SwiftMearnsia picina (Tweeddale, 1879) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Böhm's SpinetailNeafrapus boehmi (Schalow, 1882) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cassin's SpinetailNeafrapus cassini (P. L. Sclater, 1863) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila cayennensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila sanctihieronymi Salvin, 1863 | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silver-rumped SpinetailRhaphidura leucopygialis (Blyth, 1849) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sabine's SpinetailRhaphidura sabini (J. E. Gray, 1829) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scarce SwiftSchoutedenapus myoptilus (Salvadori, 1888) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Biscutate SwiftStreptoprocne biscutata (P. L. Sclater, 1866) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tepui SwiftStreptoprocne phelpsi (Collins, 1972) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-collared SwiftStreptoprocne rutila (Vieillot, 1817) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-naped SwiftStreptoprocne semicollaris (DeSaussure, 1859) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris (Shaw, 1796) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pygmy Palm SwiftTachornis furcata (Sutton, 1928) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Antillean Palm SwiftTachornis phoenicobia Gosse, 1847 | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Neotropical Palm SwiftTachornis squamata (Cassin, 1853) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis (J. W. Von Muller, 1851) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba (Linnaeus, 1758) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black SpinetailTelacanthura melanopygia (Chapin, 1915) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri (Sharpe, 1870) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-rumped SpinetailZoonavena sylvatica (Tickell, 1846) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sao Tome SpinetailZoonavena thomensis (Hartert, 1900) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.