Apus (Apodidae)

**Apus**
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	العربية: سمامة; مصرى: سمامه; Kotava: Arzentiok; azərbaycanca: Uzunqanad; Boarisch: Apus horus; беларуская (тарашкевіца): сьвіргуль; български: Бързолети; čeština: rorýs; чӑвашла: Вĕршĕн; eesti: Piiritaja; euskara: Sorbeltz; فارسی: بادخورک‌ها; Frysk: Toerswellen; עברית: סיס; Bahasa Indonesia: Kapinis; адыгэбзэ: ХьэпцӀащхъуэхэр; kurdî: Vîzvîzik; کوردی (عەرەبی): ڤیزڤیزک; kurdî (latînî): Vîzvîzik; lietuvių: Tikrieji čiurliai; latviešu: Svīres; русский: Стрижи; српски / srpski: Чиопа; தமிழ்: ஏபசு; удмурт: Пӧськы; українська: Серпокрилець; walon: Airtchîs; 中文: 雨燕屬; 中文（中国大陆）: 雨燕属; 中文（简体）: 雨燕属; 中文（臺灣）: 雨燕屬;
Taxonomy
Clade	Theropoda
Infraorder	Tetanurae
Clade	Orionides
Clade	Coelurosauria
Clade	Neocoelurosauria
Clade	Maniraptoriformes
Clade	Maniraptora
Class	Aves
Subclass	Neornithes
Infraclass	Neognathae
Superorder	Neoaves
Order	Apodiformes
Family	Apodidae
Genus	Apus
Taxon author	Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, 1777
Authority file
	Q310465; Library of Congress Authorities ID: sh2015000591; J9U entity ID: 987007409093105171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 8894; ITIS TSN: 178006; Fossilworks taxon ID: 39424; GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 2235048; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 206119; ZooBank ID for name or act: A781496E-A512-4944-83B0-D3BD08847E99; Fauna Europaea ID: 97068; Plazi ID: CD7BB1D6-0472-1E7E-FB26-14990AAB25A6; New Zealand Organisms Register ID: e57edd65-731d-4269-a445-697e7d36313d; EPPO Code: 1APUSG; iNaturalist taxon ID: 6611; NBN System Key: NHMSYS0000530163; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 4643; ADW taxon ID: Apus
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IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Cladus: Neognathae • Cladus: Neoaves • Cladus: Strisores • Ordo: Apodiformes • Familia: Apodidae • Genus: Apus Scopoli, 1777

Included species (for IOC classification 13.2, 29 October 2023):

A. acuticauda, A. affinis, A. alexandri, A. apus, A. balstoni, A. barbatus, A. batesi, A. berliozi, A. bradfieldi, A. caffer, A. cooki, A. horus, A. leuconyx, A. niansae, A. nipalensis, A. pacificus, A. pallidus, A. salimalii, A. sladeniae, A. unicolor