Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
         Superorder Apodimorphae see Order Apodiformes Peters, 1940
           Order Apodiformes Peters, 1940 - swifts
             Family Apodidae Hartert, 1897 - swifts
               Genus Chaetura Stephens, 1826
                 1 Chaetura spinicauda (Temminck, 1839) - band-rumped swift see Chaetura spinicaudus (Temminck, 1839)
                 2 Chaetura martinica (Hermann, 1783) - Lesser Antillean swift
                 3 Chaetura cinereiventris P.L. Sclater, 1862 - grey-rumped swift
                 4 Chaetura egregia Todd, 1916 - pale-rumped swift
                 5 Chaetura pelagica (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - chimney swift
                 6 Chaetura vauxi (J.K. Townsend, 1839) - Vaux's swift
                 7 Chaetura chapmani Hellmayr, 1907 - Chapman's swift
                 8 Chaetura brachyura (Jardine, 1846) - short-tailed swift
                 9 Chaetura andrei Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902 - ashy-tailed swift see Chaetura vauxi andrei Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902