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 Tachymarptis Roberts, 1922 Tachymarptis melba (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - alpine swift Tachymarptis melba africanus (Temminck, 1815)