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 Cypsiurus Lesson, 1843
               Cypsiurus parvus (M.H.K. Lichtenstein, 1823) - African palm-swift
                 1 Cypsiurus parvus parvus (Lichtenstein, 1823) - African palm-swift
                 2 Cypsiurus parvus brachypterus (Reichenow, 1903)
                 3 Cypsiurus parvus myochrous (Reichenow, 1886)
                 4 Cypsiurus parvus laemostigma (Reichenow, 1905)
                 5 Cypsiurus parvus griveaudi Benson, 1960
                 6 Cypsiurus parvus gracilis (Sharpe, 1871) - Madagascar palm-swift
                 7 Cypsiurus parvus hyphaenes Brooke, 1972
                 8 Cypsiurus parvus celer Clancey, 1983