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 Apus Scopoli, 1777 - house swift
               01 Apus alexandri E. Hartert, 1901 - Alexander's swift
               02 Apus apus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - common swift
               03 Apus unicolor (Jardine, 1830) - plain swift
               04 Apus niansae (Reichenow, 1887) - Nyanza swift
               05 Apus pallidus (Shelley, 1870) - pallid swift
               06 Apus barbatus (P.L. Sclater, 1865) - African swift
               07 Apus berliozi Ripley, 1965 - Forbes-Watson's swift
               08 Apus bradfieldi (Roberts, 1926) - Bradfield's swift
               09 Apus pacificus (Latham, 1802) - fork-tailed swift
               10 Apus acuticauda (Jerdon, 1864) - dark-rumped swift
               11 Apus affinis (J.E. Gray, 1830) - little swift
               12 Apus nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837) - house swift
               13 Apus horus (Heuglin, 1869) - Horus swift
               14 Apus caffer (M.H.K. Lichtenstein, 1823) - white-rumped swift
               15 Apus batesi (Sharpe, 1904) - Bates's swift