Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 [Order] Apodiformes Peters, 1940 - swifts Family Apodidae Hartert, 1897 - swifts Subfamily Apodinae Hartert, 1897 - true swifts Genus Mearnsia Ridgway, 1911 Mearnsia novaeguineae (D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879) - Papuan needletail Mearnsia novaeguineae buergersi (Reichenow, 1917)