Family
Apodidae (Swifts)
Aeronautes saxatalis. Photo: (c) guyincognito, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are not closely related to any of the passerine species. Swifts are placed in the order Apodiformes, which they share with hummingbirds. The treeswifts are closely related to the true swifts, but form a separate family, the Hemiprocnidae.
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