Apodinae

{{Short description|Subfamily of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|taxon = Apodinae

|image = Apus apus 01.jpg

|image_caption = Common swift, Apus apus

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| subdivision_ranks = Tribe

| subdivision =

• Collocaliini
• Chaeturini
• Apodini

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The Apodinae are a subfamily of swifts and contain the following species:

Tribe Collocaliini - swiftlets

• Genus Collocalia

:* Plume-toed swiftlet (Collocalia affinis)

:* Grey-rumped swiftlet (Collocalia marginata)

:* Ridgetop swiftlet (Collocalia isonota)

:* Tenggara swiftlet (Collocalia sumbawae)

:* Drab swiftlet (Collocalia neglecta)

:* Glossy swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta)

:: Subspecies: C. e. affinis, C. e. elachyptera, C. e. cyanoptila, C. e. vanderbilti, C. e. oberholseri,
C. e. natalis, C. e. septentrionalis, C. e. isonota, C. e. marginata, C. e. bagobo, C. e. spilura,
C. e. manadensis, C. e. esculenta, C. e. minuta, C. e. sumbawae, C. e. perneglecta, C. e. neglecta,
C. e. amethystina, C. e. erwini, C. e. numforensis, C. e. nitens, C. e. misimae, C. e. stresemanni,
C. e. heinrothi, C. e. spilogaster, C. e. tametamele, C. e. becki, C. e. makirensis, C. e. desiderata,
C. e. uropygialis, & C. e. albidior

:* Satin swiftlet (Collocalia uropygialis)

:* Bornean swiftlet (Collocalia dodgei)

:* Cave swiftlet (Collocalia linchi)

:: Subspecies: C. l. ripleyi, C. l. dodgei, C. l. linchi, & C. l. dedii

:* Christmas Island swiftlet (Collocalia natalis)

:* Pygmy swiftlet (Collocalia troglodytes)

• Genus Aerodramus sometimes included in Collocalia

:* Seychelles swiftlet (Aerodramus elaphrus)

:* Mascarene swiftlet (Aerodramus francicus)

:* Indian swiftlet (Aerodramus unicolor)

:* Philippine swiftlet (Aerodramus mearnsi)

:* Moluccan swiftlet (Aerodramus infuscatus)

:: Subspecies: A. i. sororum, A. i. infuscatus, & A. i. ceramensis

:* Sulawesi swiftlet (Aerodramus sororum)

:* Seram swiftlet (Aerodramus ceramensis)

:* Mountain swiftlet (Aerodramus hirundinaceus)

:: Subspecies: A. h. baru, A. h. excelsus, & A. h. hirundinaceus

:* White-rumped swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius)

:: Subspecies: A. s. delichon, A. s. eichhorni, A. s. noonaedanae, A. s. reichenowi, A. s. desolatus,
A. s. epiensis, A. s. ingens, A. s. leucopygius, A. s. assimilis, A. s. townsendi, & A. s. spodiopygius

:* Australian swiftlet (Aerodramus terraereginae)

:: Subspecies: A. t. terraereginae, & A. t. chillagoensis

:* Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)

:: Subspecies: A. b. brevirostris, A. b. innominatus, & A. b. rogersi

:* Indochinese swiftlet (Aerodramus rogersi) sometimes included in A. brevirostris

:* Volcano swiftlet (Aerodramus vulcanorum) sometimes included in A. brevirostris

:* Whitehead's swiftlet (Aerodramus whiteheadi)

:: Subspecies: A. w. whiteheadi, & A. w. origenis

:* Bare-legged swiftlet (Aerodramus nuditarsus)

:* Mayr's swiftlet (Aerodramus orientalis)

:: Subspecies: A. o. leletensis, & A. o. orientalis

:* Palawan swiftlet (Aerodramus palawanensis)

:* Mossy-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus salangana) sometimes included in A. vanikorensis

:: Subspecies: A. s. natunae, A. s. maratua, A. s. aerophilus, & A. s. salangana

:* Uniform swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis)

:: Subspecies: A. v. amelis, A. v. palawanensis, A. v. aenigma, A. v. heinrichi, A. v. moluccarum,
A. v. waigeuensis, A. v. steini, A. v. yorki, A. v. tagulae, A. v. coultasi, A. v. pallens, A. v. lihirensis,
A. v. lugubris, & A. v. vanikorensis

:* Palau swiftlet (Aerodramus pelewensis)

:* Mariana swiftlet (Aerodramus bartschi)

:* Island swiftlet (Aerodramus inquietus)

:: Subspecies: A. i. rukensis, A. i. ponapensis, & A. i. inquietus

:* Atiu swiftlet (Aerodramus sawtelli)

:* Tahiti swiftlet (Aerodramus leucophaeus)

:: Subspecies: A. l. leucophaeus, A. l. ocistus, & A. l. gilliardi

:* Marquesan swiftlet (Aerodramus ocistus)

:* Black-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus maximus)

:: Subspecies: A. m. maximus, A. m. lowi, & A. m. tichelmani

:* Edible-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus)

:: Subspecies: A. f. amechanus, A. f. germani, A. f. inexpectatus, A. f. vestitus, A. f. perplexus,
A. f. fuciphagus, A. f. dammermani, & A. f. micans

:* Germain's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)

:* Three-toed swiftlet (Aerodramus papuensis)

• Genus Hydrochous

:* Giant swiftlet (Hydrochous gigas)

• Genus Schoutedenapus - African swiftlets

:* Scarce swift (Schoutedenapus myoptilus)

:: Subspecies: S. m. poensis, S. m. chapini, & S. m. myoptilus

Tribe Chaeturini - needletails

• Genus Mearnsia

:* Philippine spinetail (Mearnsia picina)

:* Papuan spinetail (Mearnsia novaeguineae)

:: Subspecies: M. n. buergersi, & M. n. novaeguineae

• Genus Zoonavena

:* Madagascar spinetail (Zoonavena grandidieri)

:: Subspecies: Z. g. grandidieri, & Z. g. mariae

:* São Tomé spinetail (Zoonavena thomensis)

:* White-rumped spinetail (Zoonavena sylvatica)

• Genus Telacanthura

:* Black spinetail (Telacanthura melanopygia)

:* Mottled spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri)

:: Subspecies: T. u. ussheri, T. u. sharpei, T. u. stictilaema, & T. u. benguellensis

• Genus Rhaphidura

:* Silver-rumped spinetail (Rhaphidura leucopygialis)

:* Sabine's spinetail (Rhaphidura sabini)

• Genus Neafrapus

:* Böhm's spinetail (Neafrapus boehmi)

:: Subspecies: N. b. boehmi, & N. b. sheppardi

:* Cassin's spinetail (Neafrapus cassini)

• Genus Hirundapus

:* White-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)

:: Subspecies: H. c. caudacutus, & H. c. nudipes

:* Purple needletail (Hirundapus celebensis)

:* Silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)

:: Subspecies: H. c. rupchandi, H. c. cochinchinensis, & H. c. formosanus

:* Brown-backed needletail (Hirundapus giganteus)

:: Subspecies: H. g. indicus, & H. g. giganteus

• Genus Chaetura

:* Band-rumped swift (Chaetura spinicauda)

:: Subspecies: C. s. aetherodroma, & C. s. spinicaudus

:* Lesser Antillean swift (Chaetura martinica)

:* Gray-rumped swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)

:: Subspecies: C. c. phaeopygos, C. c. occidentalis, C. c. schistacea, C. c. lawrencei, C. c. guianensis,
C. c. sclateri, & C. c. cinereiventris

:* Pale-rumped swift (Chaetura egregia)

:* Chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica)

:* Vaux's swift (Chaetura vauxi)

:: Subspecies: C. v. vauxi, C. v. tamaulipensis, C. v. gaumeri, C. v. warneri, C. v. richmondi,
C. v. ochropygia, & C. v. andrei

:* Chapman's swift (Chaetura chapmani)

:* Mato Grosso swift (Chaetura viridipennis)

:* Short-tailed swift (Chaetura brachyura)

:: Subspecies: C. b. brachyura, C. b. praevelox, C. b. cinereocauda, & C. b. ocypetes

:* Sick's swift (Chaetura meridionalis)

:* Costa Rican swift (Chaetura fumosa)

Tribe Apodini - typical swifts

• Genus Aeronautes

:* White-throated swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)

:: Subspecies: A. s. saxatalis, & A. s. nigrior

:* White-tipped swift (Aeronautes montivagus)

:: Subspecies: A. m. montivagus, & A. m. tatei

:* Andean swift (Aeronautes andecolus)

:: Subspecies: A. a. parvulus, A. a. peruvianus, & A. a. andecolus

• Genus Tachornis

:* Pygmy palm swift (Tachornis furcata)

:: Subspecies: T. f. nigrodorsalis, & T. f. furcata

:* Fork-tailed palm swift (Tachornis squamata)

:: Subspecies: T. s. semota, & T. s. squamata

:* Antillean palm-swift (Tachornis phoenicobia)

:: Subspecies: T. p. iradii, & T. p. phoenicobia

• Genus Panyptila

:* Great swallow-tailed swift (Panyptila sanctihieronymi)

:* Lesser swallow-tailed swift (Panyptila cayennensis)

:: Subspecies: P. c. veraecrucis, & P. c. cayennensis

• Genus Cypsiurus

:* Asian palm swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)

:: Subspecies: C. b. balasiensis, C. b. infumatus, C. b. bartelsorum, & C. b. pallidior

:* African palm swift (Cypsiurus parvus)

:: Subspecies: C. p. parvus, C. p. brachypterus, C. p. myochrous, C. p. laemostigma, C. p. hyphaenes,
C. p. celer, & C. p. gracilis

:* Malagasy palm swift (Cypsiurus gracilis)

:: Subspecies: C. g. gracilis, C. g. griveaudi

• Genus Tachymarptis

:*Alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba)

:: Subspecies: T. m. melba, T. m. tuneti, T. m. archeri, T. m. maximus, T. m. africanus, T. m. marjoriae,
T. m. willsi, T. m. nubifugus, T. m. dorabtatai, & T. m. bakeri

:* Mottled swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis)

:: Subspecies: T. a. lowei, T. a. bamendae, T. a. furensis, T. a. aequatorialis, & T. a. gelidus

• Genus Apus

:* Cape Verde swift (Apus alexandri)

:* Common swift (Apus apus)

:: Subspecies: A. a. apus, & A. a. pekinensis

:* Plain swift (Apus unicolor)

:* Nyanza swift (Apus niansae)

:: Subspecies: A. n. niansae, & A. n. somalicus

:* Pallid swift (Apus pallidus)

:: Subspecies: A. p. brehmorum, A. p. illyricus, & A. p. pallidus

:* African black swift (Apus barbatus)

:: Subspecies: A. b. glanvillei, A. b. serlei, A. b. roehli, A. b. hollidayi, A. b. oreobates,
& A. b. barbatus

:* Forbes-Watson's swift (Apus berliozi)

:: Subspecies: A. b. berliozi, & A. b. bensoni

:* Bradfield's swift (Apus bradfieldi)

:: Subspecies: A. b. bradfieldi, & A. b. deserticola

:* Malagasy black swift (Apus balstoni)

:: Subspecies: A. b. mayottensis, & A. b. balstoni

:* Pacific swift (Apus pacificus)

:: Subspecies: A. p. pacificus, A. p. kurodae, A. p. salimali, A. p. leuconyx, & A. p. cooki

:* Salim Ali's swift (Apus salimalii)

:* Blyth's swift (Apus leuconyx)

:* Cook's swift (Apus cooki)

:* Dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)

:* Little swift (Apus affinis)

:: Subspecies: A. a. galilejensis, A. a. aerobates, A. a. bannermani, A. a. theresae, A. a. affinis,
& A. a. singalensis

:* House swift (Apus nipalensis)

:: Subspecies: A. n. nipalensis, A. n. subfurcatus, A. n. furcatus, & A. n. kuntzi

:* Horus swift (Apus horus)

:: Subspecies: A. h. horus, & A. h. fuscobrunneus

:* White-rumped swift (Apus caffer)

:* Bates's swift (Apus batesi)

:* Fernando Po swift (Apus sladeniae)