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 nubifuga (Koelz, 1954), comb. inval. see Tachymarptis melba nubifugus (Koelz, 1954)