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
                 1 Tachymarptis melba melba (Linnaeus, 1758)
                 2 Tachymarptis melba tuneti (Tschusi, 1904)
                 3 Tachymarptis melba archeri (Hartert, 1928)
                 4 Tachymarptis melba maximus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1907)
                 5 Tachymarptis melba africanus (Temminck, 1815)
                 6 Tachymarptis melba marjoriae (Bradfield, 1935)
                 7 Tachymarptis melba willsi (Hartert, 1896)
                 8 Tachymarptis melba nubifuga (Koelz, 1954), comb. inval. see Tachymarptis melba nubifugus (Koelz, 1954)
                 9 Tachymarptis melba bakeri (Hartert, 1928)