Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874
see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
Subdivision Bilateralia
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds
see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893
see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
Order Apodiformes Peters, 1940 - swifts
Family Apodidae Hartert, 1897 - swifts
Subfamily Chaeturinae
see Subfamily Apodinae Hartert, 1897
Genus Hirundapus Hodgson, 1837
1 Hirundapus giganteus (Temminck, 1825) - brown-backed needletail