Hirundapus

{{short description|Genus of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = White-throated Needletail kobble jan05.jpg

| image_caption = White-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)

| taxon = Hirundapus

| authority = Hodgson, 1837

| type_species = Cypselus nudipes{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=78 |title= Apodidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-08-05}}

| type_species_authority = Hodgson, 1837

}}

Hirundapus is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae. The name Hirundapus is constructed from the names of the swallow genus Hirundo and the swift genus Apus.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling|title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names|last=Jobling|first=James A.|publisher=Christopher Helm Publishers|year=2010|isbn=978-1408125014|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n193 193]}}

It contains the following species:

• White-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
• Purple needletail (Hirundapus celebensis)
• Silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)
• Brown-backed needletail (Hirundapus giganteus)