Vencejo del Pacífico
Apus pacificus
Swifts (Apodidae) · Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
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| Especies | Confusiones |
|---|---|
| Vencejo Cafre Apus caffer | 15 |
| Vencejo Común Apus apus | 9 |
| Vencejo Pálido Apus pallidus | 7 |
| Vencejo Real Tachymarptis melba | 5 |
| Vencejo Mongol Hirundapus caudacutus | 4 |
Familia
The Apodidae, or swifts, form a family of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are not closely related to any passerine species. Swifts are placed in the order Apodiformes along with hummingbirds.
Orden
The Apodiformes is an order, or taxonomic grouping, of birds which traditionally contained three living families—the Apodidae (swifts), the Hemiprocnidae (treeswifts), and the Trochilidae (hummingbirds); however, in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this order is elevated to the superorder Apodimorphae, in which hummingbirds are separated into a new order, the Trochiliformes. With nearly 450 species identified to date, it is the most diverse order of birds after the Passeriformes (the "perching" birds).