Cypseloides | |
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Great dusky swift (Cypseloides senex) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Apodidae |
Subfamily: | Cypseloidinae |
Genus: |
Cypseloides Streubel, 1848 |
Type species | |
Hemiprocne fumigata (
sooty swift) Streubel, 1848
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Species | |
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Cypseloides is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae. It contains eight described species. They occur mainly in Central and South America. The exception being the American black swift, which has a wide range into North America.
The genus Cypseloides was introduced in 1848 by the German naturist August Vollrath Streubel. [1] The type species was subsequently designated by Philip Sclater in 1865 as the sooty swift. [2] [3] The name combines the genus Cypselus introduced by Johann Illiger in 1811 and the Ancient Greek -oidēs meaning "resembling". [4]
The genus contains eight species: [5]
Cypseloides | |
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Great dusky swift (Cypseloides senex) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Apodidae |
Subfamily: | Cypseloidinae |
Genus: |
Cypseloides Streubel, 1848 |
Type species | |
Hemiprocne fumigata (
sooty swift) Streubel, 1848
| |
Species | |
See article |
Cypseloides is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae. It contains eight described species. They occur mainly in Central and South America. The exception being the American black swift, which has a wide range into North America.
The genus Cypseloides was introduced in 1848 by the German naturist August Vollrath Streubel. [1] The type species was subsequently designated by Philip Sclater in 1865 as the sooty swift. [2] [3] The name combines the genus Cypselus introduced by Johann Illiger in 1811 and the Ancient Greek -oidēs meaning "resembling". [4]
The genus contains eight species: [5]