Apus (bird)

Apus
Common swifts (Apus apus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Subfamily: Apodinae
Tribe: Apodini
Genus: Apus
Scopoli, 1777
Type species
Hirundo apus[1]
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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The bird genus Apus comprise some of the Old World members of the family Apodidae, commonly known as swifts.

They are among the fastest birds in the world. They resemble swallows, to which they are not related, but have shorter tails and sickle-shaped wings. Swifts spend most of their life aloft, have very short legs and use them mostly to cling to surfaces.

  1. ^ "Apodidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 5 August 2023.